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		An IDF Armored Personnel Carrier team holds up a Hezbollah flag and Lebanese flag as they return from fighting in Lebanon in July 2006. (Archive

Syria and Hezbollah have gone on alert anticipating an Israeli attack on Lebanon, the London-based A-Sharq al-Awsat daily reported on Friday.

According to the report, Hezbollah has been monitoring with caution the reinforcement of Israel Defense Forces troops along the Lebanon border.

Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general, Naeem Kassem, said the group was preparing to retaliate although it had no proof of any such Israeli plans.

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Syria has meanwhile begun to call up reserves troops, including nationals residing in Lebanon.

The IDF responded to the report by denying any plans for renewing conflict against Lebanon.

via Hezbollah and Syria on alert fearing IDF attack on Lebanon – Haaretz – Israel News.

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