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a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
there were incursions from the border every summer
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Israel followed up the pager detonations with the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike and launching incursions in south Lebanon.
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Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Police said the incursions would continue until the gang and its top leader, Vitel’Homme Innocent, could be neutralized.
—Evens Sanon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
The North Korean government is preparing to blow up the roads connecting it to South Korea following alleged drone incursions that sparked intense backlash from the hermit state.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Oct. 2024
Qassem said Hezbollah supported efforts by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, to secure a halt to fighting, which has escalated in recent weeks with Israeli ground incursions and the killing of some of Hezbollah’s top leaders, including Hassan Nasrallah.
—NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Israel has since been conducting limited ground incursions into southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, which has continued to fire rockets into northern Israel.
—Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
Provocations such as raids, aerial interceptions, and ground incursions signal leaders’ willingness to act against adversaries and suggest that additional actions will follow if rivals don’t accede to their demands.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
In late September, Israel shifted some of its focus to Hezbollah, which holds much of the power in parts of southern Lebanon and some other areas of the country, attacking the militants with exploding pagers, airstrikes and, eventually, incursions into Lebanon.
—Sylvie Corbet and Giada Zampano, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2024
Israel began ground incursions in Lebanon on Tuesday and the strike on Beirut earlier today comes after Iran fired roughly 180 ballistic missiles at Israel earlier this week.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Police said the incursions would continue until the gang and its top leader, Vitel’Homme Innocent, could be neutralized.
—Evens Sanon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
The North Korean government is preparing to blow up the roads connecting it to South Korea following alleged drone incursions that sparked intense backlash from the hermit state.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Oct. 2024
Qassem said Hezbollah supported efforts by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, to secure a halt to fighting, which has escalated in recent weeks with Israeli ground incursions and the killing of some of Hezbollah’s top leaders, including Hassan Nasrallah.
—NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Israel has since been conducting limited ground incursions into southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, which has continued to fire rockets into northern Israel.
—Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
Provocations such as raids, aerial interceptions, and ground incursions signal leaders’ willingness to act against adversaries and suggest that additional actions will follow if rivals don’t accede to their demands.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
In late September, Israel shifted some of its focus to Hezbollah, which holds much of the power in parts of southern Lebanon and some other areas of the country, attacking the militants with exploding pagers, airstrikes and, eventually, incursions into Lebanon.
—Sylvie Corbet and Giada Zampano, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2024
Israel began ground incursions in Lebanon on Tuesday and the strike on Beirut earlier today comes after Iran fired roughly 180 ballistic missiles at Israel earlier this week.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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