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A war is brewing in West Asia. Israel continues to bomb Lebanon’s capital Beirut and its army is on the ground clashing with Hezbollah. Tensions also escalated with Iran after it fired a barrage of missiles on the Jewish nation. Now there is fear that Israel could hit back.
The Israel-Hamas war has been grinding on for a year with the death toll in Gaza crossing 40,000.
Beyond West Asia, Russia and Ukraine have been at war for more than 2.5 years now.
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