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Russian strikes kill 7 in Ukraine, destroy children's food plant

Russia fired hundreds of drones at Ukraine between late Thursday and early Friday, killing seven people and destroying a factory that produces milk for children.

A Russian drone strike on the food production facility near Ukraine's capital Kyiv killed four people early Friday, the region's governor said.

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Israeli strikes kill 7 in Tyre, warns 9 villages north of Litani

Israeli strikes overnight in the south Lebanon city of Tyre killed seven people, a source from Lebanon's civil defense told AFP on Friday, despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.

One strike near the Jabal Amel hospital killed four people, wounded seven and lightly damaged the facility, while another elsewhere in the city killed three and wounded five, including two children.

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Israeli army says soldier killed in south Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Thursday that one of its soldiers was killed in southern Lebanon, the first fatality since the announcement of a new ceasefire plan.

Captain Eitan Shmuel Lemberg, 21, "fell in combat" the military said in a brief statement. A military source told AFP that he was killed by a missile fired by Hezbollah at an Israeli tank.

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8 killed, 15 hurt in Israeli strikes on Lebanon hours after new ceasefire

Israeli strikes on south Lebanon and West Bekaa killed eight people and wounded 15 others on Thursday, hours after a new ceasefire was announced between Lebanon and Israel, the Health Ministry said.

An Israeli strike in on Sohmor in West Bekaa killed five people, while another attack near the southern city of Tyre killed three more, the ministry said.

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UN chief condemns killing of Serbian peacekeeper in Lebanon

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the latest killing of a peacekeeper in southern Lebanon and demanded those responsible be brought to justice, his spokesman said Thursday.

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France charges HSBC in Riad Salameh case

The Swiss subsidiary of British bank HSBC has been charged in France as part of an embezzlement probe into former Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh, the financial crimes prosecutor's office said Thursday.

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North Israel residents hold little hope for Lebanon truce deal

Despite living just 300 meters from the border wall separating Israel from Lebanon, Sigalit Levin has little enthusiasm for the new ceasefire deal meant to bring a lasting end to fighting with Hezbollah.

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The 'pilot zones' and the plan for a Lebanon ceasefire

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire that would require Hezbollah to stop firing, withdraw from near the border and would see Lebanon's army deploy in new "pilot zones" in the area.

The Iran-backed group has rejected the proposed arrangement, instead demanding a comprehensive ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon.

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France throws weight behind Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that France backed the ceasefire in Lebanon after the announcement of an agreement in Washington.

The French head of state told reporters on a visit to Montenegro: "We support the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel and everything that helps restore peace, combat terrorist activities, and fully establish Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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Hezbollah official says group told authorities it rejects proposed truce with Israel

A Hezbollah official told AFP on Thursday that the group had informed Lebanese authorities that it rejects a ceasefire announced after Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington a day earlier.

The official said on condition of anonymity that the position, which was announced by Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem in a televised message, was passed on "to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri," a Hezbollah ally acting as an intermediary who "shares this position."

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