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Smoke and flames erupt from a building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Chiyah, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, November 22, 2024
HEZBOLLAH fighters and Israeli troops fought fierce battles in different areas in south Lebanon today, including in a coastal town that is home to the headquarters of United Nations peacekeepers.
A spokesman for UN peacekeeping force Unifil told reporters they are monitoring “heavy clashes” in the coastal town of Naqoura and the village of Chamaa to the north-east.
Unifil’s headquarters are located in Naqoura in Lebanon’s south close to the Israeli border.
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