A Lebanese man on Sunday crossed the border fence into Israel from the Fatima Gate area in south Lebanon, the Lebanese National News Agency said.
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Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett has warned that "any future battle with Lebanon will witness the launch of a large number of rockets at northern and central Israel."
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President Michel Aoun intends to invite Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri to a meeting in Baabda on Monday, media reports said.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will tackle "Hizbullah's subversive role in Lebanon and the region" during his upcoming visit to Beirut, a U.S. official said.
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Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs David Satterfield expressed during talks in Lebanon last week concerns over the possible relocation of Iranian missile bases and factories from Syria to south Lebanon, a media report said.
Full StoryHizbullah has hailed Syria's air defenses after they downed an Israeli fighter jet on Saturday, saying it marked the start of a "new strategic era."
"This is the beginning of a new strategic era which puts an end to the violation of Syrian airspace and territory," Hizbullah said in a statement.
Full StoryProgressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Saturday urged for “precaution in Lebanon” following early morning Israeli aggression against Syria and the earlier Israeli threats against Lebanon.
“It seems that there are major disturbances lurking in the region's horizons...It will not be useful to think of separating tracks since the Israelis have already linked them.”
Full StoryLebanon's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday condemning the Israeli raids against Syria and affirmed Damascus' “legitimate right to defend itself against any Israeli attack,” the National News Agency reported.
The statement said “Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil has given instructions to the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York to lodge a complaint with the Security Council against Israel warning against the use of Lebanese airspace to launch attacks against Syria.”
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President Michel Aoun discussed with Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri the latest development after the Israeli airstrikes on Syria, the Lebanese Presidency said in a tweet on Saturday.
Full StoryThe remnants of an Israeli rocket that was launched at dawn at Syria, was found in the village of Sarine in the eastern Bekaa while shrapnel were found in the town of Ali Nahri, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.
The Israeli air strike was confronted by a surface-to-air missiles on the border of the Eastern Mountain Range, near the Lebanese-Syrian border, NNA added.
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