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Report: Israel threatens 2024-like war if Hezbollah backs Iran militarily

Israel has informed Washington that any Hezbollah strike on Israel will be met with a response resembling the 2024 war against the Iran-backed group, U.S. sources said.

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February starts with flurry of diplomacy as Israel escalates

The first week of February started with high-level diplomatic missions as Israel intensified its strikes on Lebanon, wounding at least 20 people and killing at least two over the weekend and into Monday.

As President Joseph Aoun kicked off a two-day visit to Spain, with Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam was heading to the United Arab Emirates to attend the World Government Summit, and Army Chief Rodolphe Haykal was set to discuss in Washington the army's plan to disarm Hezbollah.

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Report: Arab, foreign capitals discussing solution for Hezbollah arms

Arab and international capitals are discussing a seven-point settlement for the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons, senior diplomatic sources said.

Below are the seven points according to al-Liwaa newspaper:

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Israel issues evacuation warnings for buildings in south Lebanon ahead of strikes

Israel's military warned on Monday it would soon strike two buildings containing alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, issuing evacuation warnings for structures in two villages.

The army "will, in the near future, strike military infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah ... in response to its prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the area," its Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote on X, telling residents of certain buildings in Kfar Tibnit and Ain Qana "to evacuate them immediately."

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UNIFIL condemns Israel for dropping chemical substances over Lebanon

UNIFIL called Monday on Israel to stop violating resolution 1701 after the Israeli army dropped Sunday unknown chemical substances from airplanes over Lebanon.

On Sunday morning, the Israeli army informed UNIFIL that they would be carrying out an aerial activity dropping what they said was a non-toxic chemical substance over areas near the Blue Line.

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Aoun seeks Spain support for EU pressure on Israel to halt attacks

President Joseph Aoun met Monday with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, as he arrived in Spain to sign several bilateral agreements, amid intensified Israeli strikes on south Lebanon.

Aoun urged Spain, after his meeting with Sánchez, to pressure Israel within the European Union to commit to the implementation of a ceasefire agreement reached in November 2024.

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Israeli army drops leaflets threatening hospital in Bint Jbeil

The Israeli military dropped Sunday flyers aiming to intimidate residents in south Lebanon's Bint Jbeil near the border.

The National News Agency published a photograph of one of the alleged leaflets, which bore a warning to residents that Hezbollah operatives were using a hospital in the town.

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At least one killed, 8 wounded as Israel targets cars in south Lebanon

One person was killed Monday in an Israeli drone strike on his vehicle on the Zahrani highway between Ansarieh and Sarafand, as Israel intensified its strikes on south Lebanon, despite a ceasefire and the army's deployment in the region.

Hours later, another drone strike targeted a car near al-Qlaileh in the Tyre district. The health ministry said one person was killed and four wounded in Ansarieh and four people were wounded in al-Qlaileh.

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At least one killed, 12 wounded in Sunday's Israeli strikes on south

One person was killed and several others wounded in Israeli strikes in the country's south on Sunday, as Israel said it struck Hezbollah targets.

Despite a November 2024 truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities including two months of all-out war between Israel and the Iran-backed group, Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon and has maintained troops in five areas it deems strategic.

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Syria says busted Hezbollah-linked cell behind Damascus attacks

Syria's interior ministry said Sunday that its forces had dismantled a cell that was responsible for recent attacks targeting Damascus' Mazzeh district, saying the weapons came from Lebanon's Hezbollah.

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