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ARABS-ISRAEL - Nov 23 - Israel-Lebanon Tensions Flare.


Tensions between Israel and Lebanon flare up flare up
Verb

1. to burst suddenly into fire

2. Informal to burst into anger

Verb 1. flare up
 again with an incident at the border and Israeli aircraft dropping leaflets over the capital Beirut and several southern towns. In the pamphlets, the Israelis accused the Hizbollah movement of being a tool of Syria and Iran and of "causing enormous harm to Lebanon". The border clash was much more limited than the large-scale fighting between Hizbollah and Israeli forces that broke out earlier this week after a five-month lull. Israeli military sources said that a civilian inadvertently landed a hang glider hang glider: see glider.  on the Lebanese side of the border and that Hizbollah fighters opened fire on soldiers who rushed to open a gate for the man. Hizbollah said that it had engaged an Israeli military incursion in·cur·sion  
n.
1. An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion.

2. The act of entering another's territory or domain.

3.
. Israeli military aircraft circled over Beirut and southern Lebanon
South Lebanon redirects here. For other uses, see South Lebanon (disambiguation).
Southern Lebanon is the geographical area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate.
, dropping thousands of leaflets that denounced Hizbollah.
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Publication:APS Diplomat Recorder
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:7ISRA
Date:Nov 26, 2005
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