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Israel has kept up strikes on Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreed last November that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hamas ally Hezbollah, including two months of full-blown war.

It’s now a full-blown police state aligned with Caracas.

"This has been the first full-blown drone war," says Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defence program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, and the author of several reports on drone warfare.

The country’s love of cheap stuff escalated into full-blown addiction during the pandemic, when Americans were stuck at home while leaps in technology made online shopping easier than ever before.

But a full-blown auction could upset those plans — and the transaction could close at a later date.