memeorandum: ANALYSIS: Hezbollah unit based in Tyre wreaking havoc on Haifa (Ze'ev Schiff/Haaretz)

2:00 AM ET, July 24, 2006

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Ze'ev Schiff / Haaretz:

ANALYSIS: Hezbollah unit based in Tyre wreaking havoc on Haifa — We can say without a doubt that the war of attrition against the city of Haifa and its residents is a tale of two cities: Tyre in Lebanon versus Haifa in Israel. The Hezbollah unit deployed in Tyre and its environs …

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