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Christian villages were neutral in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. That didn't save them

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The predominantly Christian village of Ain Ebel was mostly out of the crossfire last year as Hezbollah and Israel traded blows.

Many Christians in the area champion Hezbollah , crediting it for ending Israel ’s 18-year occupation in 2000 .

Israel says it's attacking Hezbollah positions, arms caches and infrastructure scattered all over Lebanon 's south.

Israel accuses Hezbollah of using civilians as human shields, a charge the group denies.

The Israeli military expanded its evacuation list to encompass 20 additional towns and villages, including those stretching north of a UN -mandated buffer zone.

Marjayoun , a Christian town about five miles from the Israeli border, was once the headquarters of the now defunct South Lebanon Army , a militia Israel funded to help its troops police occupied parts of southern Lebanon in the 1980s and 1990s .