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Wafaa ESSALHI

Israeli Beachgoers Try To Brush Off Hezbollah Threat

A strip of red and white tape blocks the beach entrance in the Israeli port city of Haifa during a major exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Lebanon's Hezbollah (Credit: AFP)

Waking at dawn on Sunday to explosions and sirens, Abigail Levy checked the news and quickly understood there had been "an escalation" of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

She stepped outside to find the Israeli port city of Haifa in a "very sad" state after the military announced it had carried out air strikes in Lebanon to thwart a large-scale attack by the Iran-backed militants.

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