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Border skirmishes: Israel shells south Lebanon following mortar shells

An Israeli tank shell hit Monday a house in the town of Aita al-Shaab, causing no casualties. The Israeli army also shelled with white phosphorus and flares the Shebaa valley, Halta, Bastra and Kfarshouba after it had fired 12 shells, including white phosphorus bombs, on the outskirts of the Israeli al-Raheb post near the southern town of Aita al-Shaab.

Israeli warplanes had also targeted at dawn al-Labbouneh, near the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, and fired 15 shells at al-Musheirifa.

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Hamas, Jamaa Islamiya fire rockets from Lebanon as Hezbollah-Israel clashes continue

The Lebanon branch of Hamas’ Qassam Brigades on Sunday announced firing 16 rockets from Lebanon at Nahariya in northern Israel in response to “the occupation’s crimes against our people in Gaza.”

The military wing of Lebanon’s Jamaa Islamiya, which calls itself al-Fajer Forces, meanwhile claimed responsibility for another rocket attack on Israel’s Kiryat Shmona, saying the projectiles targeted the Israeli army’s posts around and inside the Israeli settlement.

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Cyprus braces for migrant Influx amid Lebanon war fears

Cyprus has received an influx of 458 Syrian migrants from Lebanon in one week and is bracing for more as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread, officials said on Sunday.

Authorities said 194 Syrians arrived late on Saturday aboard four boats from Lebanon and were taken to the Pournara reception center outside Nicosia.

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Mikati meets Emir of Qatar on first leg of Arab tour

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Sunday in Doha with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

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Israel shells south as Hezbollah targets border military post

Hezbollah on Sunday morning targeted the Misgav Am Israeli military post on Lebanon's border with the appropriate weapons, Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said.

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Lebanon court orders Carlos Ghosn out of Beirut home

A Lebanese judge has decided to evict former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn from his luxury home, a judicial official said Saturday, four years after an investment firm accused him of "trespassing."

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UN says nearly 29,000 displaced in Lebanon amid border clashes

Nearly 29,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon amid deadly exchanges between Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli army, a United Nations agency.

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Shell hits UNIFIL HQ amid fresh Hezbollah-Israel clashes

A shell hit the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon on Saturday, its spokesman said in the second such incident since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza.

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Israel downs missile from Lebanon, shells border areas

Israel’s military announced it shot down a surface-to-air missile fired at an Israeli drone from Lebanon Saturday. It was not immediately clear if the missile was fired by Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Lebanese security officials said two missiles were fired toward an Israeli drone flying over Lebanon but did not hit the target.

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Iran FM says militants in Lebanon, region have 'finger on trigger'

Iran's foreign minister has warned that Lebanese and Palestinian militants had their "finger on the trigger" in anticipation of an Israeli ground offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian however insisted that Tehran-backed militants would decide on their own to take action if Israel continued its war on Hamas.

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