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(231219) -- MARJAYOUN, Dec. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken from Marjayoun, Lebanon, on Dec. 19, 2023, shows smoke rising following a bombing from Hezbollah in Metula, Israel. Three Hezbollah fighters were killed, and a displaced Syrian refugee was wounded on Tuesday in confrontations on the Lebanon-Israel border, a Lebanese military source said. Meanwhile, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said that its fighters carried out a series of attacks on several Israeli sites in al-Malikiyah, destroying a Merkava tank and killing its crew. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)