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Israel Will Keep Fighting, General Says

NPR

By Eric Westervelt

Published July 19, 2006 at 6:00 AM EDT

A convoy of Israeli tanks prepares to enter southern Lebanon near the northern Israeli village of Avivim.

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Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based correspondent for NPR's National Desk. He has reported on major events for the network from wars and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa to historic wildfires and terrorist attacks in the U.S.

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