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Mikati orders UN complaint over Batroun abduction

Israeli naval commandos have seized a trainee mariner an Israeli military official described as a "senior operative" of Hezbollah in a raid in Lebanon and brought him to Israel for questioning.

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Bangladeshi killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon

A Bangladeshi worker died in a air strike in Lebanon, Dhaka's foreign ministry said Sunday, as the Israeli bombardment hampered efforts to repatriate citizens.

The foreign ministry estimates that between 70,000 and 100,000 of its nationals are working in Lebanon, many as laborers or domestic workers.

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1 dead, 15 hurt in Israeli strike on Galerie Semaan area

Lebanon's health ministry said one person was killed and 15 people were wounded Saturday in an Israeli strike on the Galerie Semaan area on the outskirts of Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Israeli forces land on Batroun shore, abduct 'Hezbollah official'

A 25-strong Israeli naval force made a landing on Batroun's shore at dawn Friday and abducted Hezbollah official Imad Fadel Amhaz from a chalet, media reports and security sources said on Saturday.

"Israeli Navy SEALs captured last night Imad Amhaz -- a senior member of Hezbollah's naval force -- in an operation in Northern Lebanon," an Israeli official told U.S. news portal Axios.

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UN well short of funds pledged for Lebanon aid

The United Nations has warned its flash appeal for humanitarian aid in Lebanon was so far only 17 percent funded, urging donor countries to turn pledges into cash.

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Portraits of slain leaders watch out on Hezbollah's battered Dahieh bastion

Minutes from the heart of Beirut, the Lebanese capital's once vibrant southern suburbs lie largely deserted save for black-clad Hezbollah militants standing guard amid the rubble.

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Hezbollah strike on central Israel wounds 19

A missile strike in Israel's Sharon area wounded 19 people, police said early Saturday, after the army reported three projectiles were fired from Lebanon into central Israel.

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Hezbollah launches rockets at intelligence base near Tel Aviv

Hezbollah said on Saturday it had launched rockets at an Israeli intelligence base near Tel Aviv in the early hours of Saturday.

At 2:30 AM (00:30 GMT), fighters "fired a salvo of rockets at the Glilot base of the 8200 military intelligence unit in the suburbs of Tel Aviv," the group said in a statement.

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Macron acknowledges Algerian independence leader was 'killed by French soldiers' in 1957

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday recognized that Larbi Ben M'hidi, a key figure in Algeria's War of Independence against France, had been killed by French soldiers after his arrest in 1957, the French presidency said.

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North Korea says will stand by Russia until 'victory' in Ukraine

North Korea will stand by Russia until its victory in Ukraine, Pyongyang's foreign minister said in Moscow Friday, as the U.S. has warned thousands of North Korean troops could be sent to combat in the Ukraine conflict in the coming days.

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