Border raids with Gaza and Lebanon escalated into Israeli airstrikes and Hezbollah rocket attacks, bringing open hostilities in the Middle East to levels not seen in decades.
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An Israeli soldier displays a yellow Hezbollah flag seized during combat operations in southern Lebanon at the start of a cease-fire on Aug. 14. (Photo by Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty Images)