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Israel fires at South, drops leaflets as US military team tours valleys

A woman and her daughter narrowly escaped unharmed Thursday after Israeli forces opened fire at their car on the Kfar Kila road in Lebanon’s southern border region, the state-run National News Agency said.

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20 Israeli airstrikes hit 'Hezbollah military complex' in Nabatieh region

Around 20 violent Israeli airstrikes on Thursday targeted a mountainous area in the Nabatieh district without prior warning.

The Israeli army said the strikes targeted a "strategic" Hezbollah underground project that allegedly contained militants, weapons and wells. It added that the site was rendered inoperable due to the strikes.

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Israeli drone strikes southern town of Majdalzoun

An Israeli drone struck Wednesday a house in the southern town of Majdalzoun in the Tyre district, hours after Hamas said that one of its commanders was killed in an Israeli strike on Sidon.

One person was lightly injured in the strike, local media reports said, adding that the targeted house was already destroyed.

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U.S. Embassy in Lebanon hosts Lebanese delegation To SelectUSA 2025 Summit

Ambassador Lisa Johnson held Wednesday a reception at her residence to honor the Lebanese delegation to the SelectUSA 2025 Investment Summit to be held in Maryland, May 11-14.

The SelectUSA Investment Summit is the largest annual event to promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the United States by bringing together international investors, U.S. state and local representatives and government officials to facilitate investment in the U.S. economy.

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Ortagus reportedly warns Lebanon that Trump's patience is not unlimited

Deputy U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus has advised Lebanese officials to speed up the implementation of what is required from Lebanon within a “reasonable timeframe,” in terms of removing Hezbollah weapons and the economic reforms, in order to “capitalize on the supportive U.S. momentum,” a media report published Wednesday said.

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KSA inclined to lift Lebanon travel ban on 1st day of Eid al-Adha

Saudi Arabia is inclined to lift the ban on the travel of its citizens to Lebanon on the first day of Eid al-Adha, which is expected to be marked on June 6, Al-Jadeed TV reported on Wednesday.

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First Emirati planes land in Beirut after travel ban lifted

Two Emirati passenger planes landed Wednesday at the Rafik Hariri International Airport after the UAE lifted its travel ban on Lebanon.

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Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike in Kfar Rumman

The Israeli army said a drone strike Tuesday in the southern town of Kfar Rumman killed Adnan Mohammad Sadeq Harb, the “commander of the logistic support unit in the Badr formation” of Hezbollah, which “operates in the northern Litani area in Lebanon.”

“As part of his role, (Harb) advanced the restoration of the combat capabilities of … Hezbollah and assisted in attempts to restore terrorist infrastructure south of the Litani River,” the Israeli army added.

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Aoun: We're looking forward to the coming days with a lot of optimism

President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday that “the difficult circumstances that Lebanon went through have become behind us.”

“We’re looking forward to the coming days with a lot of optimism,” Aoun added, during a meeting in Baabda with the head of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Badr Mohammed Al-Saad.

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Hezbollah says it tipped off Turkey on seized pagers shipment

Turkey's intelligence service thwarted a remote attack using pagers last year in Lebanon, days after similar attacks by Israel killed dozens and wounded thousands, including members of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, a Turkish daily and officials said.

Daily Sabah reported that 1,300 pagers and 710 chargers rigged with explosives were confiscated inside a cargo shipment at Istanbul Airport that was on its way to Beirut from Hong Kong.

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