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Israel uses Lebanese civilians as bargaining chips

Israel uses Lebanese civilians as bargaining chips Lebanese farmer Saleh* woke up before dawn on 3 September to harvest his fig trees in the southern Lebanese border village of Halta. When he stepped out and saw lights outside his neighbours' house, abandoned during the war, Saleh knew an Israeli army unit was there. The Israeli soldiers were searching houses in the village and called three residents on their mobile phones instructing them to come outside. After several

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