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One civilian and two Hezbollah fighters were killed by Israeli fire during intense bombardment of the southern Lebanese towns of Khiam and Kafrkala overnight into Thursday, following a Hezbollah attack that injured 14 Israeli soldiers.
Khiam residents identified the dead civilian as Ahmed Hassan Al Ahmad, a Bedouin shepherd who had been visiting the town. An official for local civil defence association the Risala Scouts said paramedics found him dead at the scene.
Hezbollah said two of its fighters were killed in the strikes on Kafrkala, naming them as Ali Ahmad Hamadeh and Mohammed Jamil Shami. Lebanon’s state news agency said they were killed by drone strikes at dawn.
Khiam was targeted in a series of Israeli air raids followed by a barrage of more than 100 artillery and phosphorous shells overnight in a significant escalation, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
Photos circulating on social media showed the extent of the bombardment, with the town – which is usually on the outskirts of direct fire – lighting up from the falling phosphorus shells.
Israel’s bombardment came after 14 of its soldiers were injured, six of them severely, in an attack claimed by Hezbollah on Wednesday. The group said it attacked a military reconnaissance headquarters in the village of Arab Al Aramshe.
The Iran-allied party said the attack, using guided missiles and drones, was in retaliation for Israel’s “assassination of a number of resistance fighters” the day before, when a senior field commander and two fighters were killed in strikes on the Lebanese towns of Ain Baal and Shehabieh.
Israel and Hezbollah, along with allied armed groups, have been engaged in a violent conflict since October 8, a day after Israel launched its military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah says it is carrying out the attacks in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas in Gaza.
Border towns on both sides of the Lebanon-Israel frontier, on the front line of the conflict, have largely been vacated. Tens of thousands of people remain displaced in both countries.
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Torque: 1,000Nm
Transmission: 8-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 10.6L/100km
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How green is the expo nursery?
Some 400,000 shrubs and 13,000 trees in the on-site nursery
An additional 450,000 shrubs and 4,000 trees to be delivered in the months leading up to the expo
Ghaf, date palm, acacia arabica, acacia tortilis, vitex or sage, techoma and the salvadora are just some heat tolerant native plants in the nursery
Approximately 340 species of shrubs and trees selected for diverse landscape
The nursery team works exclusively with organic fertilisers and pesticides
All shrubs and trees supplied by Dubai Municipality
Most sourced from farms, nurseries across the country
Plants and trees are re-potted when they arrive at nursery to give them room to grow
Some mature trees are in open areas or planted within the expo site
Green waste is recycled as compost
Treated sewage effluent supplied by Dubai Municipality is used to meet the majority of the nursery’s irrigation needs
Construction workforce peaked at 40,000 workers
About 65,000 people have signed up to volunteer
Main themes of expo is ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’ and three subthemes of opportunity, mobility and sustainability.
Expo 2020 Dubai to open in October 2020 and run for six months
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