The Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and Israel ramped up the rhetoric on Sunday, as violence continued along their border with no end in sight. Lebanon reported three dead in an Israeli airstrike, while Hezbollah said it attacked a military base near the port city of Haifa in northern Israel early on Sunday. Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naeem Kassem, speaking at the funeral of top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Akil, whom the Israelis killed on Friday, said the conflict is entering a new phase. “We will now determine how to respond to the aggression, and we have entered a …