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Brent crude futures climbed 39 cents, or 0.5%, to $79.02 a barrel by 0020 GMT ahead of expiry on Wednesday, while the more active October contract was at $78.54, up 47 cents.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 52 cents, or 0.7%, to $75.25 a barrel. Both Brent and WTI fell about 1.4% on Tuesday, closing at their lowest levels in seven weeks.

Tension in the Middle East heated up as the Israeli government claimed it killed Hezbollah's most senior commander in an airstrike on Beirut on Tuesday in retaliation against Saturday's cross-border rocket attack on Israel.

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