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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Israel turning its defenses toward Lebanon
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — World leaders are eyeing rapidly rising tensions between Israel and its neighbors. In Syria, Israeli airstrikes put two major airports out of service a day before Iran’s foreign minister was scheduled to visit.
In Lebanon, Nuna with Triumphant Mercy Lebanon says, “Hezbollah decided that this is a good time to launch rockets inside Israel. Now you have the Israeli army at the northern border, and they’re shelling the southern part of Lebanon.”
Lebanese flag (Photo courtesy of Charbel Karam/Unsplash)
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