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Israel warns Lebanon of 'heavy price' as week's death toll nears 300
The raid aimed to find remains of missing airman Ron Arad but caused 41 Lebanese deaths and heavy destruction amid clashes with Hezbollah, Israel said no soldiers were injured.
- On Saturday, March 7, 2026, Israeli special forces landed overnight in Nabi Chit, eastern Lebanon, to search for Ron Arad but found no remains or related evidence.
- Arad parachuted from a damaged jet in 1986 and was captured by the Believers’ Resistance, prompting decades-long search and Mossad involvement that concluded he likely died around 1995.
- Four helicopters took part, with two landing as Hezbollah fighters and local residents engaged the unit in exchanges of fire, while about 40 air force warplanes and helicopters covered the withdrawal.
- The raid marked the deepest Israeli troop deployment into Lebanon since the war began Monday, with the Lebanese Health Ministry reporting more than 200 killed and civilians displaced.
- The Israeli military said it would continue operations, stating it has targeted 500 Hezbollah sites amid the region-wide conflict that followed Feb. 28 events.
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Israel warns Lebanon of 'heavy price' amid bombardment
BEIRUT: Israel warned Lebanon of a "disastrous" fallout if it did not rein in Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday (Mar 7), as it pounded the group's strongholds around the country with air strikes and mounted a deadly airborne raid in the east.Lebanon was dragged into the wider Middle East war on Monday when H
·Singapore
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An Israeli special forces operation to try, in vain, to find the remains of an Israeli aviator captured in Lebanon in 1986 killed 41 people in a pro-Iranian Hezbollah stronghold in the eastern part of the country, according to Lebanese authorities on Saturday.
·Paris, France
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right5Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution39% Left
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C 33%
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