Ceasefire Starts After Israel's Fiercest Attack in 30 Years

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THE WARRING guns fell silent just after dawn today as Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah staggered reluctantly towards a tense ceasefire.

In the preceding 24 hours leading to the 8am deadline (6am in London) Israel poured 30,000 troops across the Lebanese border to mount its biggest military offensive in three decades.

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Ceasefire Starts After Israel's Fiercest Attack in 30 Years

Backed by warplanes, several thousand tanks and dozens of artillery batteries, the onslaught was a shocking crescendo to the increased attacks over the past week. Hezbollah's much smaller - but no less deadly - forces replied with volley after volle...

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