Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire in 'new phase' of fighting

Intensification comes days after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in Lebanon

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Smoke rises in Lebanon near the border with Israel amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces. © Reuters

BEIRUT/HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) -- Hezbollah and Israel exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, as the Lebanese militant group sent rockets deep into northern Israeli territory after facing some of the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict.

Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem told mourners at the funeral of one of the group's commanders killed last week in Beirut: "We have entered a new phase, the title of which is the open-ended battle of reckoning."

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