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Coverage on this live blog has ended. Please follow the latest updates from NBC News here. Fears of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group continued to grow as Israel was poised to begin a ground offensive in its main warfront targeting a separate militant group, Hamas, in Gaza. Israeli forces continued to exchange fire with Hamas, and there are signs that a long-awaited ground invasion of the northern regions of Israel’s western neighbor, Gaza, was imminent.
Overnight, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the United States’ defense posture in the region was being bolstered by the addition of an aircraft carrier strike group, a battery, multiple battalions, and an increase in readiness. Blinken said a main objective was to deter Hezbollah and Iran. The U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Hezbollah’s home turf, issued a security alert saying American citizens who “wish to depart Lebanon should leave now, due to the unpredictable security situation.
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