Hezbollah and Israel trade fire near Lebanese-Israeli border, stoking fears of an escalating battle
by Noga Tarnopolsky and Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times
Sep 01, 2019
2 minutes
JERUSALEM - In an escalation of hostility between Israel and Lebanon not seen since the war they fought in 2006, the Israeli military and the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah traded attacks on Sunday.
Hezbollah, which is also a powerful Lebanese Shiite political faction, said in a statement that a squad of its fighters had destroyed "an armored vehicle on the
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