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US-Iran deal comes under fire from Israeli ministers, opposition
Israeli figures across the political spectrum on Monday slammed the deal between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war, including i...
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Netanyahu reportedly tells Trump Israel 'not bound' by Lebanon clause in Iran deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told U.S. President Donald Trump that Israel will not withdraw from its current positions in Lebanon and does...
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Defense minister says Israel won't withdraw from land seized in Lebanon
Israel's defense minister said Monday that Israel won't withdraw from land seized in Lebanon, potentially challenging an interim deal that Iran and...
President Donald Trump is headed to the French Alps on Monday to meet with fellow world leaders at the Group of Seven summit after announcing an agreement that he says will bring an end to the U.S. war with Iran.
French President Emmanuel Macron, this year's summit host, invited the leaders of three nations that aren't part of the G7 — Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — to take part in a session on the Middle East on Tuesday where Iran is expected to be a central focus.
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Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, on Monday denounced the deal between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon, insisting his country was not bound by it.
"Trump's agreement does not bind us... we are not party to this agreement. It does not safeguard our security," Ben Gvir said on his Telegram channel, in what was the first reaction from an Israeli official to the deal.
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Pakistan's prime minister announced that the United States and Iran had agreed to a "Peace Deal" that immediately halts all military operations, including in Lebanon, with a signing ceremony to take place in Geneva on June 19.
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Iran's highest national security body warned on Sunday that a response was "imminent" following an Israeli strike targeting Tehran's ally Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburbs.
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The Israeli military said Sunday that its forces had killed a senior Hezbollah militant accused of involvement in the kidnapping and killing of five American soldiers in Iraq in 2007.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that a peace deal with Iran was still on track to be signed within hours, despite an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs that he said had delayed the plan.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized Israel for launching a new attack on Beirut's southern suburbs and urged all parties to show restraint in order to achieve a "peace deal."
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Iran said on Sunday there was "no point" in peace talks with the United States, accusing it of failing to uphold its commitments and casting doubt on a deal that Donald Trump had insisted would be signed imminently.
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Lebanon's foreign ministry said it had lodged a complaint with the United Nations over Israel's alleged spraying of herbicide glyphosate in Lebanese territory near the border earlier this year.
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The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday the military had carried out a strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, known as Dahieh, while Lebanese state media said a strike hit the Ghobeiry neighborhood, killing three people, wounding 15 others and causing extensive damage to buildings and shops.
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