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UN calls meeting with Israeli, Lebanese officials amid border clashes

Israel conducted airstrikes in Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon, including near a Palestinian refugee camp, following rockets being fired into Israel a day earlier.

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A picture taken on Aug. 5, 2021, shows the vehicles of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon patrolling in Sahl al-Khiyam (Khiyam plain) near the border with Israel. — MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images

Israel conducted airstrikes in Lebanon again on Thursday, prompting a response from United Nations peacekeepers in the area.

The Lebanese National News Agency reported that jets belonging to “the Israeli enemy” struck near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. The warplanes also hit close to the Rashidieh Palestinian refugee camp in the south, according to a Lebanese army statement. The airstrikes led to holes in the ground in both areas, per the army.

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