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Fri 07 Jul 2006Hizbullah in fierce clashes with Israeli forcesHizbullah fought fierce battles with Israeli troops on the Lebanese border yesterday as thousands more foreigners fled the nine-day-old war in Lebanon, including 1,000 Americans evacuated by US marines.Al-Jazeera television said four Israelis had been killed, but later Israeli media gave the number of deaths as six, with eight wounded. Hizbullah said one of its fighters was killed.