Israel hits Lebanon with heaviest strikes yet as Hezbollah fires back in wake of pager explosions

U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon urged immediate de-escalation as hostilities rumbled on at the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday, following Israel's most intense airstrikes in nearly a year of conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

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Taliban using Iranian jammers to stop people watching critical news channels, says TV boss

The Taliban have allegedly purchased satellite jammers from Iran to disrupt the last remaining independent television channel reporting on the regime&s brutal crackdown on human rights.

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‘The peacekeepers will be continuing to discharge their mandate& says Tánaiste Micheál Martin

‘The peacekeepers will be continuing to discharge the mandate& says Tánaiste Micheál Martin

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Exploding device attacks in Lebanon ‘utterly despicable&, says Simon Harris

The exploding device attacks in Lebanon are &utterly despicable and extraordinarily dangerous&, the Taoiseach has said. Simon Harris said the safety of Irish troops currently based in the country on UN missions was an &absolute priority& for the Government.

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Israel bombs areas of Beirut as Hezbollah leader says pager attack crosses ‘all red lines&

Israeli war planes flew low over Beirut and carried out bombings as they broke the sound barrier, sending birds flying in panic and people in their houses and offices rushing to open the windows to avoid the glass shattering.

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New wave of blasts in Hezbollah&s hand-held radios kills at least 20 and maims hundreds more

Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago, stoking tensions after similar explosions of the group's pagers the day before.

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