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Tuesday

A masked demonstrator waves a flag of Hezbollah during a demonstration supporting the Palestinians in Beirut on Oct. 20, 2023. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A view of buildings shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, on Tuesday. Ahmad Al-Kerdi/Reuters hide caption

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Blast rocks Beirut after Israel vows to strike at Hezbollah for rocket attack

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Saturday

Israeli security forces and medics transport casualties along with local residents, at a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights area on Saturday. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Children were main casualties in strikes in Gaza and near Israel's Northern border

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Thursday

Sara Miliji, 12, from the border village of Naqoura, participates in an art class at a renovated movie theatre in the city of Tyre. Sara's family fled when their village was bombed. They now live along with hundreds of other families in a schoolroom turned into a shelter.
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Monday

Members of the Lebanese army and the Italian contingent of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force inspect a house destroyed by an Israeli attack during a patrol in Yarine on June 10, 2024. Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR hide caption

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Rocket exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah hit new highs in the past week

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Tuesday

Soldiers and civilians enter a rocket shelter as sirens sound in the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona on the Lebanese border on June 10. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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Wednesday

Lebanese special forces patrol on a road that leads to the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. A gunman was captured by Lebanese soldiers after attempting to attack the U.S. Embassy near Beirut on Wednesday, the military said. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption

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Saturday

A tattered Israeli flag waves on Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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State of the World - How Israelis Have Changed in Five Months of War

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Thursday

Relatives of Amal Hassan al-Durr, a 5-year-old girl, lay her body to rest at the cemetery in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, on Feb. 22. She lost her life during an Israeli attack. In recent weeks, Israel has intensified its airstrikes, penetrating deeper into Lebanon. Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR hide caption

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Monday

Thursday

An Israeli army soldier sits by a machine gun deployed on a tripod at a position in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on October 28, 2023 amid increasing cross-border tensions between Hezbollah and Israel as fighting continues in the south with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

A Lebanese boy stands atop the roof of a crumbling house within the bustling streets of the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut. Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR hide caption

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War in Gaza opens scars for Palestinians in Lebanon, firming up support for Hamas

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Wednesday

Sisilya al-Ousi sits in her apartment building's bomb shelter, where she spends most of her time. Tamir Kalifa for NPR hide caption

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Saturday

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip take shelter at European Gaza Hospital in Rafah on Saturday. Hatem Ali/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

A picture taken from from the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Harfa, near the border with Israel, shows smoke billowing near an Israeli outpost from rockets fired by Hezbollah on Dec. 15. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Why Hezbollah and Israel haven't plunged into all-out war

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