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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it had attacked troops in northern Israel on Wednesday, as Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon, dampening hopes for an end to the cycle of violence.
US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he had brokered a deal that Lebanon said would halt Israeli attacks on Beirut and Hezbollah attacks on Israeli territory, before expanding in scope.
Since then, Israel has said it has Washington’s backing to strike Beirut’s southern suburbs — a Hezbollah stronghold — if the group targets northern Israeli communities.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it intercepted a “hostile aircraft” and two projectiles that crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon.
