Israel Denies Involvement in Killing of Hezbollah Commander

Israel has denied claims by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that the Jewish state was behind the killing of one of the group's top commanders, which came at a time of rising tensions in Lebanon related to Syria's civil war.    Hezbollah suffered a major blow on Wednesday when Hassan al-Laqis, part of the Lebanese group's secretive top leadership, was shot dead in Beirut.   Hezbollah blamed Israel for the assassination, but an Israeli government minister,...

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