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commando forces arrived in helicopters around 1:00 a.m. and landed in an orange grove near the city's northern environs. The troops cut through a fence and opened fire on a second floor apartment of an apartment building, which was the apparent target of the raid. The apartment was hit by fire,
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635:"Deadly Fighting In South Lebanon"
613:"10 soldiers hurt in raid on Tyre"
129:1 soldier killed (Hezbollah claim)
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589:Yaakov Katz (26 June 2012).
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591:"Naval Commandos Raid Tyre"
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333:Position of Lebanon
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