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Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire before truce starts
Jerusalem, April 16 (AFP) Apr 16, 2026
Israeli rescue services said two people were injured on Thursday as the army and Iran-backed Hezbollah exchanged new cross-border fire shortly before a truce was due to take effect.

"The IDF is currently striking launchers from which the Hezbollah terrorist organisation launched rockets to northern Israel a short while ago," the army said in a statement.

Israel's emergency service, Magen David Adom, said in a statement that two people were wounded, one of them seriously, in Karmiel and Nahariya after rocket fire in northern Israel.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire that would come into effect at 2100 GMT.

Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war on March 2 after the Lebanon-based armed group Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, attacked Israel.


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