Hezbollah flags snapped up

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Gaza - Support for Hezbollah has soared in Gaza in the wake of Israel's offensive in Lebanon, launched after the group seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight in a cross-border raid.

For Gazans, it all looks very familiar as Israel nears the fourth week of a major operation here - likewise ordered after Palestinian militants abducted a soldier and killed two others.

"I am selling more Hezbollah and Lebanese flags than I ever have," said Tareq Abu Dayya, one flag shop owner, adding that buyers had snapped up thousands of flags since last week.

Sitting in his store, as large yellow Hezbollah flags flew on an pole outside, Abu Dayya said Gazans of all stripes were buying, but especially Palestinians who have relatives jailed in Israel and who hope Hezbollah can arrange a prisoner swap.

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1. Well, well, well. So the Palestinian internal power struggle is resolved

by attacking Israel. Who'da thunk it?

Yeah, this is all Israel's idea. They have so much to gain. Not like Hezbollah, for instance.