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Associated Press HUSSEIN DAKROUB July 19, 2006 at 12:00 PM
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Israeli troops clashed with Hezbollah guerrillas on the Lebanese side of the border Wednesday, leaving two Israeli soldiers dead as the fighting entered its second week. Also, a Hezbollah rocket slammed into a building in the holy city of Nazareth, killing three people, including two children, Israeli authorities said.

Israeli bombers, which had been focusing on Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut, also hit a Christian suburb on the eastern side of the capital for the first time.

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