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Israeli airstrike targets motorcycle in Houla

An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday targeted a motorcycle in the southern town of Houla, causing casualties, media reports said.

Israel's military still carries out regular strikes in Lebanon, saying it is targeting Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure despite a ceasefire deal reached in November following a 66-day war.

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US says stability in Lebanon affects entire region

A U.S. State Department official told Al-Arabiya TV on Tuesday that stability in Lebanon affects the entire region.

“There is a historic chance for Lebanon to move forward and we will support that,” the official added.

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UN says Israeli forces continue to cross Lebanon border

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon has reported that armed activities by Israeli forces north of the Blue Line -- the U.N.-drawn boundary -- violate a Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in the latest incident a peacekeeping patrol reported that 10 Israeli soldiers crossed north of the Blue Line on Monday near Alma al-Shaab.

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UNIFIL says found 225 arms caches since Israel-Hezbollah truce

The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said that since a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah it had uncovered more than 225 weapons caches in the south and referred them to the army.

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Reports: Aoun may attend KSA talks with Trump, Bin Salman, Abbas and Sharaa

President Joseph Aoun may attend a meeting in Saudi Arabia with U.S. President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Syrian interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, media reports said.

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Kuwait's emir raises level of diplomatic representation in Lebanon

President Joseph Aoun on Monday stressed the need to activate Lebanese-Kuwaiti relations and develop them in all fields, during a meeting in Kuwait with the Gulf country’s emir Sheikh Mishaal al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.

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Bitar to reportedly issue indictment in port case on August 4

Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar is on the verge of issuing his indictment in the case, after he reached a complete conclusion about the issue of the ammonium nitrate shipment -- where it came from, how it entered the port and how it exploded, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Monday.

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Salam vows to confront electoral bribery and security violators

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the municipal and mayoral elections were conducted “successfully” in north Lebanon on Sunday thanks to the “responsible management” of the Interior Ministry.

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Qassem to make televised address at 8:30 pm

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem will make a televised address at 8:30 pm Monday on the occasion on the ninth anniversary of the death of Hezbollah’s slain military chief Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in the Syrian conflict.

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35 held in North after stray bullets wound many including reporter

Celebratory gunfire that erupted Sunday in the wake of north Lebanon’s municipal elections wounded several people, including LBCI reporter Nada Andraous.

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