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![Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters hold banners during a demonstration against Israel's military action in Gaza, in front of the UN headquarters in Beirut Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters hold banners and wave Hezbollah (C) and Palestinian flags (L) during a demonstration against Israel's military action in Gaza, in front of the United Nations headquarters in Beirut July 18, 2014. Israel stepped up its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and declared it could "significantly widen" an operation Palestinian officials said was killing ever greater numbers of civilians. Israeli gunboats lit up the sky with their fire before dawn whil](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/07/RTR3Z73G.jpg/RTR3Z73G.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=OKENWGXt)
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