Dozens killed in Lebanon as Israel searches for signs of navigator missing for 40 years

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A huge crater left by an Israeli airstrike in the village of Nabi Chit, eastern Lebanon late Friday, March 6, 2026, where Israeli forces landed overnight and dug a grave in a cemetery searching for Israeli co-pilot Ron Arad who was captured and then went missing after his fighter jet crashed over south Lebanon in 1986. (AP Photo/Ali Salem)