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Israel says its campaign in Lebanon aims to secure the return home for tens of thousands of people forced to leave northern Israel due to Hezbollah rocket fire over the last year.

Israel"s offensive has uprooted more than 1 million people in Lebanon in the last few weeks.

DRONES AND ROCKETS

The Israeli military said an anti-tank rocket fired from Lebanon into Israel wounded two civilians and that at least 26 projectiles fired from Lebanon entered Israeli territory, some of which were intercepted. The Israeli airforce intercepted two drones that approached from Lebanon, it said.

Hezbollah said it had launched a rocket salvo at Israeli troops north of Haifa, and drones at an Israeli air defense command in Haifa.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 2,169 people in Lebanon over the last year, the Lebanese government said. The majority have been killed since Sept. 23. The toll does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

Hezbollah fire at Israel has killed at least 54 people, more than half of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities.

The Middle East remains on high alert for further escalation in the region, awaiting Israel"s response to an Iranian missile strike on Oct. 1.

Mikati also denounced what he said was an attack on the UNIFIL peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon as a crime. He also said he had discussed efforts to reach a ceasefire in Lebanon with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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Additional reporting by Laila Bassam, Amina Ismail, Timour Azhari, Tom Perry and Abdelhadi Ramahi in Beirut, Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem, Clauda Tanios, Tala Ramadan and Ahmed Elimam in Dubai and Krishn Kaushi in New Delhi; Writing by Tom Perry and Lincoln Feast; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Sharon Singleton

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