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Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati met on Wendesday with the Committee for Disaster and Crisis Management in the country and discussed “possible scenarios” in the event of extended Israeli attacks. The meeting came a day after Hezbollah pagers exploded across Lebanon, in an operation blamed on Israel which killed at least 12 people and wounded nearly 2,800. Environment Minister Nasser Yassin, who heads the committee, stressed that they are trying to secure enough shelters and that there are about 100 schools that can be provided by the Ministry of Education, with efforts already un…