Israel calls Hizbollah capture of soldiers act of war
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QASMIYEH, Lebanon  - Hizbollah guerrillas captured   two Israeli soldiers and killed at least seven on Wednesday in   what Israel described as an act of war by Lebanon that would   draw a "very painful" response.
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Nineteen Israeli soldiers were killed Saturday during an expanded offensive in Lebanon, the army said, making it the highest one-day toll for the Jewish state since the war against Hezbollah erupted.
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Israel would agree to a cease-fire in its six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah if the Lebanese guerrillas withdraw from the border area with Israel and release two captured Israeli soldiers, a senior official said Monday.
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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war.
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More Israeli troops poured into Lebanon   on Saturday, capturing a broader swathe of territory in heavy   fighting with Hizbollah guerrillas, as both sides said they   would obey a U.N. resolution on a truce -- but not yet.
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Analysis: Having failed to deliver a knockout blow in Lebanon, Israeli forces pummel Hizballah in the hope of creating a perception of victory
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Israeli officials Wednesday said that a "sign of life" had been received from Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped in a cross-border raid by Palestinian militants.
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Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group has  provided Israel with information on the fate of a missing  Israeli airman, a move that will finalize prisoner exchange  talks within weeks, a Omani newspaper said on Friday.
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On July 12 last year, Hezbollah raided an Israeli military post and captured two Israeli soldiers.Comment
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Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrillas attacked an Israeli army patrol in a border attack on Sunday, killing an Israeli officer, the group's television station said.
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The United Nations has started work   on trying to secure the release of two Israeli soldiers   kidnapped by Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah in July, a   senior U.N. official said on Sunday.
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Israel called up 15,000 reserve soldiers   but ruled out a full-scale invasion of Lebanon against   Hizbollah, as diplomatic divisions appeared to widen on Friday   over how to end the 17-day-old conflict.
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Israel struck Hizbollah targets and   devastated a wide array of Lebanese civilian installations on   Friday, drawing mounting world criticism of its tactics since   Shi'ite fighters seized two of its soldiers and killed eight.
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Israel launched a heavy air and   artillery bombardment of south Lebanon on Thursday after nine   Israeli soldiers were killed in the Jewish state's worst 24   hours for casualties in a 16-day-old conflict against   Hizbollah.
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Israel struck Beirut airport and   Hizbollah television and began enforcing a naval blockade of   Lebanon on Thursday, intensifying reprisals after Hizbollah   seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight a day earlier.
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Khaled Mashaal&#039;s aides praised the capture of an Israeli soldier as a daring operation but claimed Wednesday that the Damascus-based Hamas leader played no role in it. Israel sees him as the brains behind the abduction and threatened to try to assassinate him.
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Israel and Hizbollah exchanged missile   strikes and fought gun battles on Saturday as the U.N. Security   Council considered a resolution to end the conflict that has   killed at least 800 people and ravaged south Lebanon.