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Headline: Fear Spreads in Lebanon Amid Escalating Border Clashes and Intensifying Hezbollah-Israel Confrontation
Caption: Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem declared the group has entered a "new phase" in its conflict with Israel as thousands gathered in Beirut for the funeral of top commander Ibrahim Aqil, who was killed in Friday's Israeli airstrikes. Aqil, a founding member of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force, was mourned by sobbing women and Hezbollah fighters, who chanted for revenge.
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