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At least 52 killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Baalbek region: Health ministry

Lebanon’s health ministry said 52 people had been killed in Israeli strikes on Friday in the country’s east, attacks for…

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Israel, Lebanon make progress on how to implement UN resolution 1701: Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon were moving toward understandings on what is required…

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Egypt denies assisting Israel’s military operations amid reports about explosives shipment

Egypt on Thursday denied it assisted Israeli military operations after media reports that an Egyptian port received a shipment of explosives bound…

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Iraqi parliament elects Sunni lawmaker al-Mashhadani as speaker, breaking deadlock

Iraq’s parliament elected on Thursday Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as its speaker, lawmakers said, breaking a nearly year-long deadlock over…

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UN says Israel’s war on Lebanon has killed one child per day

UNICEF says Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least one child per day and wounded 10 since October 4.…

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Palestinian medic discovers mother’s body on stretcher after Israeli airstrike in Gaza

A Palestinian ambulance worker made a horrifying discovery when the bloody sheet was lifted: The corpse on the stretcher was his…

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What do we know about Hezbollah’s new leader, Naim Qassem?

Hezbollah’s new secretary-general is Naim Qassem, the longtime number two to the late Hassan Nasrallah who was assassinated by Israel…

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Northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya declared disaster area amid Israeli siege

The city of Beit Lahiya has been declared a disaster area as the Israeli military batters northern Gaza with air…

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