Tit-for-tat moves this week included the use of American-made ballistic missiles to strike inside Russia, and new nuclear threats from Moscow. Neither appear to have influenced the war on the ground.

and new nuclear threats from Moscow. Neither appear to have influenced the war on the ground. Israel was targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, but failed to kill him, one Israeli official said.

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