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Bekaa

/ bɪˈkɑː /

noun

  1. Ancient name: Coelesyriaa broad valley in central Lebanon, between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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At least 12 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, a regional governor says.

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The IDF asserted that Hezbollah's storage of weapons and military activities in the Bekaa Valley constituted a "blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and constitute a future threat to the State of Israel".

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During the funeral, the Israeli military conducted airstrikes on south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley in the country’s east.

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Throughout the war, Israel focused its attacks on predominantly Shiite Muslim communities near Beirut, in southern Lebanon and in the eastern Bekaa Valley.

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Israel has stepped up its air attacks on Lebanon’s south, where it is also conducting a ground invasion, the eastern Bekaa Valley and Beirut.

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