Town on Lebanese border reels as shelling lingers
In Kiryat Shmona on the Galilee Finger near Lebanon, residents endure a volatile security climate with tanks and jet fighters drawing crowds to shelter. Mayor Avraham Broshi notes border movements signal risk, while residents clash with repeated air raids and rocket fire amid Israel's restrained offensives.
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One vote margin saves Begin in narrow no confidence
In Jerusalem Prime Minister Menachem Begin survived a no confidence vote 58 to 57 as two Likud MPs defected. TELEM abstentions and a late abstention by Hanan Porat tipped the roll call, marking seven such motions Begin has withstood in ten months.
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Iraqi forces claim lightning attack reverses Iran gains
Beirut AP reports Iraq said its forces launched a lightning attack that drove Iranian troops from positions around Khorramshahr and chased them back into Iran. Iran claimed the assault was beaten back after five hours of combat with heavy losses, while saying it was consolidating positions north and east of the city for a future offensive.
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