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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Nations urge citizens to leave Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah tensions escalate
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — Escalating tensions threaten to tip the Gaza war into a regional conflict. Canada called its citizens out of Lebanon yesterday due to the deteriorating security situation, as Israel and Hezbollah trade daily assaults.
Speaking to MNN from Beirut, Heart for Lebanon’s Camille Melki says, “In the last few days, it felt like this tension was escalating further, with both [sides] threatening to escalate it to the next level.”
Military analysts warn that a war today would be worse than the conflict between Israel and Lebanon in 2006.
“Any conflict between Hezbollah and Israel...