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The controlled detonation of an underground ammunition depot belonging to the Hezbollah militia by Israeli troops in southern Lebanon triggered an earthquake warning in large parts of northern Israel on Saturday, according to media reports. Israel’s geological institute confirmed that the powerful explosion had caused faulty warning messages from the Israeli civil defence, according to a report by the Ynet news site. “The warning system identified the explosion as an earthquake,” the institute said. Israeli media reported that the warning frightened many residents of northern Israel after mont…

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