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Israel’s home front is preparing for a possible escalation in its conflict with Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah, fearing attacks on the power grid and the deployment of devastating “Volcano” (Iranian-made Bukran) missiles. According to Nayef Zidani, a reporter with The New Arab’s Arabic service Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Hezbollah could target Israel’s electricity infrastructure in an upcoming war, causing prolonged outages and impacting hospitals. Israel has held unpublicised emergency meetings recently to survey contingency plans that include backup generators, particularly in communities near t…