Israel troubled that war in Lebanon drove its enemies closer
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Lebanese and Palestinian militants are now showing greater coordination.
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Mystery still shrouds Syria's complaint that Israel bombed its territory but the incident has set nerves jangling across the Middle East, with commentators urging both sides on Friday against an escalation into war.
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Israel bombed and shelled southern Lebanon and sent ground troops over the border for the first time in six years Wednesday after Hezbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers. The fighting killed eight Israeli soldiers and three Lebanese.
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An encounter between a U.N. tank patrol and an Israeli army unit near the border underlines the uncertainty in south Lebanon, with Israel reluctant to pull out the last of its troops and Hezbollah warning of impatience with Israeli truce "violations."
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Amir Peretz called for a full independent inquiry into the war in Lebanon, putting him at odds with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in the battle-scarred Middle East, she has tried to walk delicately between supporting the democratic government of Lebanon while not dictating to Israel how it should handle its own security.
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Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon on Thursday, blasting Beirut&#039;s airport and two Lebanese army air bases near the Syrian border, and imposing a naval blockade. More than 50 people have died in violence following the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants.
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Syria and Israel last turned their guns on each other in all-out war a quarter century ago, but tensions are sky high after a mysterious Israeli airstrike deep into Syrian territory last week.
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Last month, Khamel Ali Abdallah kissed his wife and six children goodbye, then put them on a bus to his native village in south Lebanon for summer vacation. He was supposed to join them a week later, but war between Hezbollah and Israel broke out.
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Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped. Hezbollah hit back with its heaviest rocket barrage of the war on northern Israel.
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Card. Sfeir says Lebanon has become &quot;a toy&quot; in the hands of the regional powers. According to many politicians and observers the existence of the country is at risk.
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Israeli troops sealed off a Hezbollah stronghold Tuesday and widened their foothold in southern Lebanon, but officials said Israeli bombs killed six people in a south Lebanon town and two U.N. observers in a border outpost with two other peacekeepers feared dead.
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The first cracks in Israeli support for the war in Lebanon emerged Thursday, with leading intellectuals and mainstream politicians criticizing the government's decision to send more soldiers into Hezbollah territory.
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Friday that he would support a sweeping, independent inquiry into Israel's war in Lebanon, a new sign of division in a government facing harsh public criticism for its handling of the conflict.
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Israel's image in the United States  may be tarnished and relations with its main ally suffer even  if suspicions a Pentagon analyst gave secrets to the Jewish  state prove false, Israeli officials said Sunday.
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz called today for a full independent inquiry into the war in Lebanon, putting him at odds with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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The outcome of the battle for LebanonÂs political future could have profound ramifications for the Middle East.