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Berri slams framework deal anew, warns against negotiating under fire

Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday again lashed out at the framework agreement that was signed in June between Lebanon and Israel.

“The current stage, with its existential risks, does not grant anyone the right to act on any of the sovereign titles under any pretext, whether a framework agreement or secret appendices or otherwise,” said Berri in an annual speech marking the anniversary of Imam Moussa al-Sadr’s disappearance.

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Report: Gadhafi shot al-Sadr twice in the chest

Iraqi researcher, historian, and media figure Hamid Abdullah has presented on his YouTube channel highly sensitive details about the alleged final hours of revered Lebanese Shiite cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his companions in Libya in 1978, claiming the presence of documents related to the imam’s disappearance that are supposedly still in Iraq.

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Israel says arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanon has decreased

An Israeli security source stated that Israel is monitoring the Syrian front, emphasizing that it "will not allow hostile forces to establish a presence on the border."

The source added that Israel is working to fortify its border defenses by "increasing the number of town protection units and arming them."

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Israel practicing 'gradual escalation' to seize Ali al-Taher

What is happening in south Lebanon is dangerous and no one can stop the advance of the Israeli military machine, a Lebanese official said.

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Netanyahu: Defeating Iran could lead to end of Hamas, Hezbollah

Victory over Iran could bring about the elimination of Hamas and Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday night.

“It is clear that if this regime is defeated, the path to the final elimination of Hamas and the elimination of Hezbollah is not far off, and we will complete it,” Netanyahu told Channel 14.

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School starts soon in Lebanon but thousands still shelter in them during war

Eleven-year-old Fatima Khashab helps her mother tidy the small area where their family sleeps, in a row of makeshift living quarters in a school gymnasium.

About 200 families are sheltering in the school in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre. Most are from villages farther south that have been destroyed in the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah or are occupied by Israeli forces, like Fatima's hometown of Mansouri.

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South Lebanon: Latest developments

Israeli artillery shelling targeted overnight into Monday the southern border towns of Houla, al-Mansouri and Bouyout al-Siyyed.

Strikes on Sunday night hit Kfar Remman, al-Mansouri, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Mayfadoun and Arnoun, while Israeli forces detonated houses in Arnoun and Yohmor.

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Aoun from Greece: Framework deal must be implemented fully and bilaterally

President Joseph Aoun arrived Monday in Athens for an official visit to meet with his Greek counterpart, President Konstantinos Tasoulas, at the Presidential Mansion, in efforts to secure international backing to a framework agreement with Israel and an end to hostilities in south Lebanon.

Speaking from Greece, President Aoun stated that the U.S.-sponsored framework deal should be implemented fully and bilaterally, rather than selectively or unilaterally.

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Qassem: Resistance will ultimately defeat the enemy's project

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Sunday warned that "any retreat" in the face of the U.S. and Israel will lead to the "annihilation" of Iran, Hezbollah, their allies, and Muslims in general.

The U.S. and Israel "act ruthlessly to dominate the world. Any resistance, regardless of the cost, will halt the enemy's advance and pave the way for us to regain our standing," Qassem said.

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Aoun says south won't remain a 'forgotten region' or 'bargaining chip'

President Joseph Aoun on Sunday marked the 48th anniversary of the disappearance of revered Shiite cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his companions by saying that he refuses to allow the South to remain a "forgotten region" or a bargaining chip.

The president added that the only legitimate weapons protecting the land should be those of the state.

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