1.   There was a serious escalation in late October in the war in southern Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel and their proxy militia, the South Lebanon Army.

2.   Fighting continued in southern Lebanon during November between Hezbollah and Israel and its proxy militia, the South Lebanon Army.

3.   Israeli positions and those of its proxy Lebanese militia can be seen up close from here.

4.   The Israelis and their proxy militia tried to intimidate him and blackmail him and they tortured him because they thought he worked for the Lebanese army.

5.   The potholed pavement winds into the craggy folds of the nine-mile-wide zone occupied by Israel and its proxy militia, the South Lebanon Army.

6.   Hezbollah, or Party of God, leads a guerrilla war to dislodge Israel and its proxy militia from southern Lebanon.

7.   Hezbollah, which has been leading a guerrilla war to dislodge Israel and its proxy militia from the occupied enclave, claimed responsibility for the ambush.

8.   Israel has controlled parts of south Lebanon since, either with its army or through proxy Lebanese militias.

9.   Israeli troops and their proxy Lebanese militia occupy an enclave in south Lebanon.

10.   Since December, the two leaders and bitter arch-rivals have fought a countrywide war through their proxy militias.