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What to know about Israel’s ground invasion in southern Lebanon

By MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB, MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB, Associated Press
Published: October 10, 2024, 8:52am
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The Israeli Defense Forces display weapons seized in Lebanon on a base in southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.
The Israeli Defense Forces display weapons seized in Lebanon on a base in southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) Photo Gallery

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s ground invasion in Lebanon stretched into its second week, as the Hezbollah militant group fired hundreds of rockets deep into Israel — with no end in sight to the escalating conflict.

More than 1,400 people have been killed in Lebanon — mostly in airstrikes — and over a million displaced since the fighting intensified in mid-September.

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