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On the brink

The funeral of Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and Hezbollah member Mahmoud Hamad, who were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut (AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/REUTERS)

So serious were the exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah last weekend, it is hard to be sure that the two sides have not already crossed the threshold of “all-out” war.

Israel’s air force said it struck 290 targets in southern Lebanon last Saturday, killing at least three.

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