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Halifax District RCMP Seek Public Assistance to Identify Driver | SaltWire - Israeli forces and Lebanon's Hezbollah have engaged in increasingly heavy exchanges of cross-border fire since early October, in the biggest escalation on the frontier since the Iran-backed group and Israel fought a war in 2006.
Hezbollah's main supporter and weapons supplier is Iran. Experts say the Islamic Republic sends arms to the group by land via Iraq and Syria, both Middle East countries where Iran has close ties and influence. Many of the group's weapons are Iranian, Russian or Chinese models.
This puts more Israeli territory in Hezbollah's range, and experts say it could enable the group to strike more specific targets such as critical infrastructure and military sites. Hezbollah first proved it had anti-ship missiles in 2006, when it hit an Israeli warship 16 km off the coast, killing four Israeli personnel and damaging the vessel.
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