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Rare air strike in northern Lebanon attributed to Israel

An air strike has hit a previously peaceful village in a mostly Christian area of Lebanon

Lebanon is blaming Israel for an air strike in northern Lebanon that left 21 people dead. The strike hit the mostly Christian village of Aitou, far from the hotspots of the current conflict in southern Lebanon, Beirut and the Bekaa Valley.

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