Tensions along Lebanon-Israel border escalate

This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024 shows the smoke caused by an Israeli shelling in Khiam, Lebanon. Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas’s attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)

This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024 shows the smoke caused by an Israeli shelling in Khiam, Lebanon. Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas’s attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)

This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024 shows the smoke caused by an Israeli shelling in Khiam, Lebanon. Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas’s attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)