First Thing: Israel bombards Lebanon as Hezbollah vows ‘punishment’

Hassan Nasrallah condemns pager and walkie-talkie explosions that killed 37. Plus, how genetics explains picky eating

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Israel conducted dozens of strikes across southern Lebanon on Thursday night, hours after Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened retribution and punishment" for the unprecedented attacks that blew up pagers and walkie-talkies bought by the group.

What has Israel said about the explosions? It has not commented but announced, just hours before Tuesday's pager attacks, that it was broadening its war aims to return Israelis who had been evacuated from the north.

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