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Israel appears to attack Lebanon's Hezbollah, part of its expanding anti-Iran campaign

AMMAN, Jordan - A pair of Israeli drones went down in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Sunday morning, according to officials and eye witnesses, in what appeared to be another salvo in Israel's expanding campaign against Iran and its regional affiliates.

In recent weeks, Israeli forces have reportedly attacked a base in Iraq being used by Iranian forces as well as locations in Syria that Israeli officials said were being used by Iran to transfer advanced weapons to allied groups that could use them to threaten Israel's borders.

The first drone fell in the Moawwad neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, said the Lebanese

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