Two Israeli civilians and at least 52 Lebanese died in cross-border barrages. Responding to the killing of eight soldiers and the abduction of two more by Hezbollah gunmen in a frontier ambush Wednesday, Israel shelled Lebanese infrastructure from the air, land and sea Thursday.
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