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Arwa Ibrahim, Souhayb Jawhar

Lebanon-Israel tensions rise, but life continues in disputed Ghajar

Israeli soldier patrols in the village of Ghajar, on Israel-Lebanon border in November 2010 [File: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images]

Kfar Chouba, Lebanon – From the hills of Kfar Chouba, a village in southern Lebanon that overlooks towns in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, the disputed village of Ghajar is fully visible.

Originally considered a part of Syria, Ghajar currently lies on a line of demarcation drawn by the United Nations between Lebanon and the Golan Heights, and has been occupied by Israel for most of the past 65 years.

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