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>> A BUILDUP OF TANKS AND

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TROOPS ALONG THE BORDER WITH

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LEBANON INDICATE THE IDF COULD

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BE PREPARING FOR A WIDER

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OPERATION.

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1 MILLION LEBANESE ALREADY

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DISPLACED WITH MORE TOWNS AND

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VILLAGES ORDERED TO EVACUATE.

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RAF SANCHEZ REPORTS FROM THAT

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ORDER TONIGHT.

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>> Reporter: TONIGHT AS ISRAELI
GROUND FORCES PUSH DEEPER INTO

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GROUND FORCES PUSH DEEPER INTO

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LEBANON, THE WORLD ASKING, HOW

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FAR WILL THEY GO?

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THE IDF SAYS IT AIMS TO PUSH

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BACK HEZBOLLAH MILITANTS WHO

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HAVE BEEN FIRING ROCKETS INTO

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NORTHERN ISRAEL FOR NEARLY A

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YEAR.

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TARGETING THEM IN SMALL-SCALE
RAIDS ALONG THE BORDER.

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RAIDS ALONG THE BORDER.

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BUT, AS WE DROVE THE WINDING

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MOUNTAIN ROADS, WE SAW EVIDENCE

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OF A MUCH LARGER MILITARY

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BUILDUP.

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ALL ACROSS NORTHERN ISRAEL WE

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ARE SEEING TANKS, ARMORED

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VEHICLES, THE UNMISTAKABLE

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SIGNS OF AN ARMY ON THE MOVE
GETTING READY TO HEAD OVER THE

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GETTING READY TO HEAD OVER THE

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BORDER INTO LEBANON.

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IT IS RAISING FEARS THAT WHAT

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ISRAEL SAYS IS A LIMITED

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OFFENSIVE IS INSTEAD THE START

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OF A WIDER ASSAULT.

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>> ARE THESE LOCAL RATES GOING

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TO BE ENOUGH TO PUSH HEZBOLLAH

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BACK WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO

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HAVE TO SEND IN MORE FOLK --

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FORCES?

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>> WE ARE FOCUSING ON LOCAL

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RATES ACCORDING TO INTELLIGENCE

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FOR WE KNOW THERE IS HEZBOLLAH

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INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO

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REMOVE AND WE ARE GOING AFTER

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THE POINTS FOR WE UNDERSTAND A

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PROXIMITY IS DANGEROUS AND IS

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PREVENTING RIGHT NOW THE

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POSSIBILITY OF ISRAELI

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CIVILIANS GOING BACK TO THEIR

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HOMES IN NORTHERN ISRAEL.

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>> Reporter: AROUND 1 MILLION

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LEBANESE CIVILIANS HAVE ALREADY

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BEEN DISPLACED BY LEBANON’S

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GOVERNMENT AND TONIGHT THE IDF

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ORDERING THE EVACUATION OF 25

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MORE TOWNS AND VILLAGES,

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INCLUDING THE REGIONAL CAPITAL,

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WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE U.N.
BUFFER ZONE DESIGNED TO SEPARATE

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BUFFER ZONE DESIGNED TO SEPARATE

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HEZBOLLAH AND ISRAEL.

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AROUND 1400 LEBANESE HAVE BEEN

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KILLED BY ISRAELI STRIKES IN

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JUST OVER TWO WEEKS, ACCORDING

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TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY.

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AMONG THEM, MORE THAN 100

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CHILDREN.

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INTENSE BOMBING HAS LEVELED

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WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

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THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT OF THIS

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HOME.

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HERE IS WHERE MY DAUGHTER-IN

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LAW DIED IN BOTH HER SONS WERE

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HIT, SHE SAYS.

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HER OWN FACE STILL BEARING

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BRUISES FROM THE BLAST.

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ISRAEL SAYS THE ATTACKS HAVE

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SUCCEEDED IN DESTROYING

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HEZBOLLAH TUNNELS ALONG THE

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BORDER AND LIMITING THE GROUPS

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ROCKET FIRE, THOUGH NOT
STOPPING IT ALTOGETHER.

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STOPPING IT ALTOGETHER.

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>> ONCE AGAIN SEEN ISRAELI IRON

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DOME MISSILE INTERCEPTORS

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LAUNCHED INTO THE AIR TRYING TO

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TAKE DOWN SOME OF THIS INCOMING

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HEZBOLLAH FIRE.

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>> Reporter: THE GROUND ASSAULT

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NOT WITHOUT COST.

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AT LEAST NINE ISRAELI SOLDIERS

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HAVE BEEN KILLED SO FAR.

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REVIVING MEMORIES OF ISRAEL’S

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1982 INVASION OF LEBANON.

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WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A

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LIMITED OPERATION TURNED INTO A

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20-YEAR OCCUPATION OF THE

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COUNTRY’S SOUTH.

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HUNDREDS OF TROOPS WERE KILLED

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FIGHTING HEZBOLLAH IN A

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QUAGMIRE CONFLICT SOMETIMES

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DESCRIBED AS ISRAEL’S VIETNAM.

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TONIGHT, THOSE SAME BORDER
VILLAGES ARE ONCE AGAIN A

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VILLAGES ARE ONCE AGAIN A

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BATTLEFIELD.

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>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BUILDUP

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OF TROOPS ON THE BORDER WITH

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LEBANON.

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I CAN IMAGINE THE TENSION

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THERE.
TALK TO US ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE

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TALK TO US ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE
WHERE YOU ARE.

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>> YES, TOM.

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>> YES, TOM.

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THIS IS ISRAEL’S NORTHERNMOST

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CITY SO LEBANON IS JUST THE

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OTHER SIDE OF THAT MOUNTAIN

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RIDGE, AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE

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THE BRIGHT LIGHTS BEHIND ME BUT

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THIS IS A GHOST TOWN.

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ALL OR MOST OF THE 22,000

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RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED

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AND PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY

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MOVEMENT WE ARE SEEING IN THE

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CITY ARE ISRAELI FORCES MOVING

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AROUND.

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IT IS QUIET RIGHT NOW, BUT ALL

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DAY, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THE

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SOUND OF OUTGOING ISRAELI

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ARTILLERY FIRE, SHELLS BEEN

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FIRED INTO LEBANON AND IN THESE

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LAST FEW MINUTES WE HAVE BEEN

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HEARING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE
MACHINE GUN FIRE, SO IT IS A

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MACHINE GUN FIRE, SO IT IS A

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REMINDER, THE FIGHTING