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Civilians suffer as Israel intensifies strikes in Lebanon

Israel is stepping up its bombardment of Gaza and Lebanon as it wages a multi-front war against Hamas and Hezbollah. In southern Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike on a century-old market killed one person and wounded several others, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called for the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers from the region. John Yang speaks to special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen in Beirut.

Civilians suffer as Israel intensifies strikes in Lebanon

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