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Hezbollah on Wednesday mourned its top commander Fuad Shukr, whose body was recovered from the rubble of an Israeli strike in south Beirut, as fears mounted of a wider conflict. Shukr will be buried on Thursday and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will speak at his funeral to outline the Iran-backed movement’s position, the group said in a statement. Shukr was “martyred on the road to Jerusalem”, Hezbollah said, using a phrase referring to fighters killed by Israel, and described him as one of the “major symbols of the resistance” against Israel. Tuesday’s raid on the Beirut suburb, an overcr…

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