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Lebanon
Israel says striking 'Hezbollah sites' in south and Bekaa
The Israeli military on Monday said it had begun hitting Hezbollah positions in the Bekaa region, amid a ceasefire that began earlier this month.
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Lebanon
Aoun: Talks not treason, treason is dragging country into war for foreign interests
President Joseph Aoun said Monday that negotiations with Israel are not treason and that "treason is dragging your country into war to serve foreig...
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Lebanon
Hezbollah leader vows to confront Israel, liberate 'every inch' of occupied land
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem on Monday rejected Lebanon's planned direct talks with Israel, calling them a "grave sin" that will destabilize...
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Israeli airstrikes rained down on three neighborhoods in Beirut's southern suburbs early Tuesday, Lebanese state media reported, as Lebanon said more than one million people had been displaced in two weeks of fighting.
Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes.
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In southern Lebanon's Ain Ebel, close to the border with Israel, Suad Jallad holds a poster of her son, killed by Israel last week, saying she would rather be buried next to him than leave.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog told AFP on Monday that an offer by French leader Emmanuel Macron to host direct talks with Lebanon was "a very positive development".
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The leaders of five Western countries said in a joint statement Monday that a large-scale Israeli ground operation in Lebanon "must be averted."
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that Hezbollah is a "big problem," while noting that "they're rapidly being eliminated" in the ongoing war with Israel.
"Hezbollah is a problem. It's been a problem for a long time, not just now," Trump said in response to a reporter's question.
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Turkey on Monday condemned Israel's ground operation in Lebanon, cautioning against "another humanitarian catastrophe" unfolding in the Middle East.
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Hezbollah said it launched an attack on Monday targeting the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, where Israeli first responders reported a man was wounded.
Hezbollah said in a statement that its fighters targeted Nahariya "with a barrage of rockets and a swarm of attack drones". Israel's Magen David Adom first responders said that paramedics in the area were treating a man "in mild to moderate condition suffering from blast injuries".
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned Monday that an Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon was an "error" which would "further exacerbate the already highly tense humanitarian situation" in the country.
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Lebanese authorities on Monday said more than one million people had registered as displaced since war erupted on March 2 between Israel and Hezbollah.
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In a Monday statement, the ministry recalled the government’s decision which prohibits “the military and security activities of Hezbollah.”
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