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BEIRUT AP 鈥?Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Hezbollah group in its battle with Israel if the simmering conflict escalates into a full-blown war, officials with Iran-backed factions and analysts say.Almost daily exchanges of fire have occurred along Lebanon frontier with northern Israel since fighters from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip staged a bloody assault on southern Israel in early October that set off a war in Gaza.READ MORE: Lebanons militant Hezbollah group warns archenemy Israel against wide
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