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Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin calls on the Iran-backed movement Hezbollah to avoid provoking a wider conflict amid near-daily skirmishes along the Israel-Lebanon border since Israel's war with Hamas. SOUNDBITE
Israeli soldiers stand in an armoured vehicle stationed at an undisclosed area in northern Israel near the Lebanon border, amid days of cross-border fighting. IMAGES
The United States calls for diplomacy in resolving tensions on Lebanon after Israeli strikes in its northern neighbor. "We continue to believe that there is a diplomatic path forward and we will continue to push forward to try to resolve this issue diplomatically," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Smoke rises above the southern Lebanese border village of Khiam following Israeli bombardment after Hezbollah fired more than 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, the group said, describing the barrage as a response to the killing of Hamas's deputy leader in Beirut. IMAGES
Mourners gather in Beirut for the funeral of Hamas officials killed in a strike on the suburbs of Beirut on the 3rd of January, including the Hamas deputy chief, Saleh al-Aruri. Lebanese authorities and Hamas accused Israel of killing Hamas leader Aruri and other officials, with Lebanese state media saying they died in a drone strike. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari did not directly comment on the killings but said the military was "highly prepared for any scenario" in its aftermath. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke billow over Israel-Lebanon border, as fears of Israel's war in Gaza could spiral across the Middle East grow. Amid the almost three-month-old war, Israel has traded almost daily cross-border fire with Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, while so far avoiding a full-scale war. IMAGES
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