Israel pulls out of Hezbollah stronghold

Associated Press Kathy Gannon July 29, 2006 at 02:11 PM
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Israeli troops pulled back from a key Lebanese border town Saturday where it battled Hezbollah for a week, claiming to have finished its mission after the bloodiest ground fight of the 18-day war.

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah threatened in a TV broadcast to attack more cities in centralIsrael, as Israeli warplanes blasted bridges and demolished houses in southern Lebanon, killing seven people, including a woman and her five children.

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