Israel noticed Yom Kippur, the holiest day within the Jewish calendar, on Saturday amid a firestorm of worldwide criticism over its navy offensive in Lebanon and its troopers firing on peacekeepers.
As the holy day obtained underneath approach Friday from sunset, Israel confronted diplomatic backlash over what it acknowledged was a “hit” earlier within the day on a United Nations peacekeeping place in Lebanon.
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