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Israeli strike targets truck in Faara Valley near Hermel

An Israeli airstrike targeted Tuesday a small truck deep into Lebanese territory, in the country's east.

The Israeli airstrike on the Faara Valley near the Lebanese eastern city of Hermel came hours after Hezbollah targeted the Meron air base in northern Israel.

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Hezbollah clashes with Rmeish residents over rocket launcher

A clash erupted Tuesday between residents from the southern border town of Rmeish and a group belonging to Hezbollah that was readying to set up a multiple rocket launcher (MRL) within the town’s boundaries, residents said.

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Bou Habib says Lebanon readiness for war remarks were a 'gaffe'

Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has said that his recent remarks about Lebanon’s readiness to engage in a war with Israel were a “gaffe or a mistake.”

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Geagea says Hezbollah implicating Lebanon in 'most dangerous war'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has described Hezbollah, without naming it, as “a group that does not care about the state and is daily seeking to destroy its pillars.”

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Hezbollah attacks Meron air base in response to Bekaa strikes

Two people were killed overnight in a strike on a house in the southern border town of Mays al Jabal, the National News Agency said, as Hezbollah announced the death of one of its members "on the road to Jerusalem."

On Tuesday, Israeli warplanes and artillery bombed Kfarkela, al Khiam, al-Naqoura, Aita al-Shaab, Maroun al-Ras, Aitaroun, al-Jebbayn, Yarin and a civil defense center in Tayr Harfa.

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Mikati hails UN ceasefire call, urges halt to Israeli aggression against Lebanon

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has hailed the U.N. Security Council call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza five months into the grinding war.

Mikati said the resolution is the "first stage in the process of ending Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip," as he urged the international community to pressure Israel to stop its aggression against south Lebanon.

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Hamas-allied Lebanese official survives Israeli strike

An Israeli drone strike on eastern Lebanon targeted a Lebanese official from a Hamas-allied group who escaped the attempted killing, a Lebanese security source said.

Lebanon's official National News Agency said the strike Sunday near the village of Suwairi in the Bekaa Valley killed a Syrian civilian in his vehicle.

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Israel might be closer to 'war in north', defense minister says

Israel will not end its war against Hamas until militants free hostages, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday in Washington after Israel cancelled another U.S.-bound delegation over a U.N. Security Council ceasefire call.

"We have no moral right to stop the war while there are still hostages held in Gaza. The lack of a decisive victory in Gaza may bring us closer to a war in the north," Gallant said ahead of meetings with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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Israel-Hezbollah border clashes: Latest developments

Hezbollah carried out Monday several attacks on Israeli positions while Israel bombed several border towns in south Lebanon.

Hezbollah said it targeted a group of soldiers on the al-Tayhat hill With missiles and artillery shells, a "newly created" command center in Liman, the Bayyad Blida post, and the Zebdine post in the occupied Shebaa Farms.

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Hezbollah says Israel 'expanding' attacks, vows response to Bekaa strikes

Hezbollah has announced the death of two of its fighters in Israeli attacks, accusing Israel of trying to expand its strikes.

The accusation came after security sources reported two Israeli air raids deep inside Lebanon, in the country's east.

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