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Funerals held for three journalists killed in Israeli strike

Mourners gathered on Sunday in Choueifat, south of Beirut, for the funerals of three journalists killed by an Israeli airstrike.

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Iran foreign minister condemns Israeli killing of three journalists in Lebanon

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday condemned Israel's killing of three journalists in Lebanon the day before.

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Israel military says another soldier killed in south Lebanon

The Israeli army announced on Sunday the death in combat of a soldier in south Lebanon.

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Israeli jets break sound barrier over Beirut, Metn, Keserwan, Bekaa

Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut and several areas on Saturday night, state media reported, as residents heard loud booms reverberate across the city and in the mountains.

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Lebanon says 46 rescuers, 5 medical staff killed in Israeli strikes

Lebanese Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine said Saturday that 46 rescuers and five medical staff had been killed by Israel since the start of the war with Hezbollah on March 2.

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Aoun calls deadly Israeli strike on journalists 'blatant crime'

President Joseph Aoun condemned the Israeli strike that killed a journalist for Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV and another for the pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen channel in southern Lebanon on Saturday.

"Once again, the Israeli aggression violates the most basic rules of international law, international humanitarian law and the laws of war, by targeting journalists, who are ultimately civilians performing a professional duty," Aoun said in a statement released by the presidency.

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Al-Manar and al-Mayadeen reporters killed in Israeli strike in south

Three Lebanese journalists were killed on Saturday by an Israeli strike that targeted their vehicle in southern Lebanon, a military source told AFP.

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Israel-Hezbollah war: Latest developments

An Israeli strike targeted a car near Jezzine and a leaflet box hit a balcony in Jnah on Saturday after an overnight strike on Dahiyeh and air raids across south Lebanon.

Reports said the strike on the car killed four people.

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British Foreign Secretary announces additional £2m humanitarian funding to Lebanon

At the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in France, the UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper announced an additional £2 million in UK humanitarian funding to Lebanon bringing the British total contribution to £9.5 million since the beginning of the conflict.

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Israel bombs Dahiyeh, warns of further strikes

A strike hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday afternoon without warning from the Israeli military, Lebanese state media said, as TV footage showed smoke rising from the area.

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