Mideast on Edge After Israel Bombs Lebanon to Thwart Attack
- Israel says it stopped a massive planned Hezbollah assault
- Talks aimed at reaching Gaza cease-fire were held in Cairo
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Hours after 100 Israeli warplanes swooped over southern Lebanon, taking out thousands of Hezbollah missile launchers in what was called a preemptive strike, the Middle East braced for an expanded conflagration that could involve Iran and its allied militias.
Tensions deescalated on Monday, but remain high and the risk of a region-wide war is still present.