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Majdal Zoun mourns 6-year-old Amal as border clashes drag

Hezbollah targeted Thursday a command center in Kiryat Shmona and a group of soldiers in a house in the Yuval settlement in northern Israel.

Hezbollah later targeted two Israeli posts in the occupied Shebaa Farms and surveillance equipment in the Berkat Risha post.

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UNIFIL head meets with Tyre district mayors to hear their concerns

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro, accompanied by UNIFIL officials, has met with mayors from around the Tyre Caza to hear their concerns and talk about the needs of their residents as the exchanges of fire continue in south Lebanon.

“It is paramount to have these strong relationships with all of you, between the community and UNIFIL, in all the area of operations,” the UNIFIL chief told the gathered mayors Wednesday. “We continue our cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and the local communities.”

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Hezbollah shells Israel's Matzuva in response to killing of civilians

An Israeli air strike on south Lebanon killed a woman and a girl on Wednesday, prompting Hezbollah to retaliate with rocket fire.

Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7.

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Gallant: Hezbollah equations collapsed when we attacked Damascus, Beirut, Sidon and Nabatiyeh

Visiting the Israeli Air Force’s new giant missile-detecting balloon in northern Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s “equations” are “collapsing.”

“The equations that Hezbollah thought it had created collapse when the Air Force and the IDF (Israeli army) decide to attack -- in Damascus, in Beirut, in Sidon, in Nabatiyeh, everywhere. They do this work and no equation stands in the way,” Gallant said at the base housing the detection system, dubbed “Elevated Sensor,” or “Sky Dew” in Israel.

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Israel-Hezbollah border clashes: Latest developments

Israeli warplanes targeted Wednesday the southern village of Majdal Zoun, killing a woman and a girl and wounding several others.

Israeli warplanes also bombed Wednesday al-Khiam and the outskirts of Marwahin and Emm el-Tout while artillery shells hit several border towns including Alma al-Shaab, Dhayra and al-Jebbayn.

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Qassem: Our presence in the confrontation is what deters the enemy

Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Wednesday said that his group’s “presence in the confrontation” with Israel is “what deters the enemy.”

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Bassil says 'open' to presidential dialogue with strict deadline

An agreement on Lebanon's next president can only be reached through dialogue, Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil said.

"No camp can impose a president on the other. Only dialogue can help us reach an agreement on a (president's) name," Bassil said in a press conference Tuesday.

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Berri, Bassil exchange 'positive' messages on dialogue

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil have communicated through a parliamentary mediator close to the FPM leader, political sources said.

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Woman, girl killed in Israeli strike on Majdal Zoun

An Israeli air strike on south Lebanon killed a woman and wounded her daughter on Wednesday, state media said, while a hospital source told AFP a young girl had also died.

Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7.

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All-out war with Hezbollah could cause power outages across Israel, minister says

An all-out war between Lebanon and Israel could result in frequent power outages across Israel, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation Kan News said, based on reports by the Israeli health minister and the head of the Israeli health ministry.

The reports said that in case of a full-scale war, 60 percent of Israel would suffer from power outages, each one lasting two hours, multiple times a day.

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