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The Blast That Shook the Galilee — and Broke Hezbollah's Promise to the Shiites

On Thursday night, the IDF detonated 1,100 tons of explosives beneath the Hezbollah command bunker overlooking Nabatieh. The USGS registered the tremor. But the real shockwave came elsewhere: a Shiite town in southern Lebanon greeted the Lebanese army with flowers.

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9/11, 25 Years On: The Word the UN Never Dared to Define

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Israel Opens Its First Embassy in Slovenia — and Proves European Hostility Is Never Permanent

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Hamas Is Pulling Its Weapons Out of Storage: What the Gaza 'Ceasefire' Really Means

Israel Hits Back: British Consulate Shut, Corbyn Banned

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