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Nasrallah Threatens Golan Front With Israel

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has announced that the next phase of the Syria war will not be limited to Syria, but will include Lebanon and Israel as well, reports Ali Hashem.

Israeli soldiers walk together during a training close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights May 7, 2013. Israel played down weekend air strikes close to Damascus reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbour's civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (MILITARY POLITICS) - RTXZDG0
Israeli soldiers walk together during a training close to the cease-fire line between Israel and Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, May 7, 2013. — REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Amid the Israeli strikes on Damascus on May 5, fears of a widespread war in the region entered in the hearts and minds of many.

In Lebanon, people know well what a war with Israel means. The last experience in July and August 2006 gave them a clear image of the devastation that might occur — and the death toll.

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