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1 killed in Israeli drone strike on car near border

Lebanese official media said Israel struck a vehicle in the south on Wednesday, killing one person -- the first death since Israeli troops withdrew from most of the border area a day earlier.

"An enemy drone struck a vehicle... in the town of Aita al-Shaab," near the southern border, the official National News agency said, reporting one person was killed.

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Hezbollah members found alive after hiding in grocery shop for 3 months

Lebanese troops deployed Tuesday in the main square of the southern border town of Kfar Kila, as a military bulldozer removed rubble from the street.

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Aoun says speaking to US, France to press for full Israeli withdrawal

President Joseph Aoun said Tuesday Lebanon was in contact with Washington and Paris, which helped broker an Israel-Hezbollah truce, to press Israel to complete its withdrawal from the country after the deadline passed.

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Aoun: No siege on Shiites, measures against Iran jets linked to sanctions

President Joseph Aoun stressed Tuesday that “there is no siege on the Shiite sect as some are promoting” and that “the measures taken against Iranian airlines are linked to the (international) sanctions imposed on them.”

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Flights to be suspended during Nasrallah funeral as US warns citizens to avoid area

Lebanon’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced Tuesday that flights from and to Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport will be suspended from 12pm to 4pm Sunday, during the funeral of slain Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

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Saar says Israel won't stay in 5 pts. if Lebanon 'abides' by agreement

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar claimed Tuesday that “Iran is exerting huge efforts to restore Hezbollah through offering financial aid.”

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Aoun, Berri, Salam say Lebanon to resort to Security Council to force Israel to fully withdraw

A statement issued Tuesday by President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said “Lebanon has the right to use all means” to secure Israel's full withdrawal from south Lebanon, after Israeli forces withdrew from southern border towns but retained five strategic hills near the frontier.

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Safa says Hezbollah will regain strength, come back stronger than it was

An emotional Wafiq Safa appeared Monday evening on pro-Hezbollah al-Mayadeen, saying with tears in his eyes "we are human and we are attached to our leaders," as he described slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as a humble, kind and loving person.

Head of Hezbollah's Liaison and Coordination Unit Safa, like many other Hezbollah leaders, was targeted in October in Israeli airstrikes on buildings in Beirut. The strikes killed 22 people and wounded 117 others, but Safa appeared unscathed Monday, and claimed that his assassination attempt was more American than Israeli. "The U.S. has asked Israel to kill me," he said.

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Hezbollah slams vandalization of president statue in Jezzine region

Hezbollah on Monday condemned the vandalization of a statue honoring President Joseph Aoun in the Jarmak-Aishiyeh area in the Jezzine region, calling it a “suspicious attack” and “seditious act.”

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Israeli officials voice conflicting remarks on Lebanon pullout as one threatens continued strikes

The Israeli army will stay in five points inside Lebanon, reportedly strategic hills near the border, after its withdrawal from southern towns in line with the February 18 deadline, an Israeli political official told the Israel Hayom daily.

An Israeli official meanwhile told The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity that Israel is planning on withdrawing from Lebanon on Tuesday.

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