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Geagea says Aoun, Salam doing 'what must be done' to end war

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Hezbollah is incapable of reaching a deal to end the war, urging the group to let the government do its job.

Geagea told al-Jadeed on Sunday evening that President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are doing "what must be done" to get Lebanon out of the predicament into which it was dragged.

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UNIFIL holds memorial in Beirut for Indonesian peacekeeper killed in south Lebanon

The United Nations' UNIFIL peacekeeping force said it held a memorial in Beirut for an Indonesian peacekeeper who died on Friday after being wounded in a blast in south Lebanon last month.

A preliminary U.N. investigation found that an Israeli tank shell caused the explosion.

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Hezbollah says will keep responding to Israel's violations

Hezbollah has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that it was jeopardizing a ceasefire and said it would keep responding to Israel's own violations and occupation of south Lebanon.

In a statement Sunday, Hezbollah said its attacks on Israeli targets in southern Lebanon and northern Israel were "a legitimate response to the enemy's persistent violations of the ceasefire since the first day of the announcement of the temporary truce".

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UN Special Coordinator Plasschaert visits Israel to discuss Lebanon truce

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert began Sunday an official visit to Israel where she is scheduled to meet with senior Israeli officials.

Discussions will focus on opportunities to consolidate the cessation of hostilities and pave the way to lasting stability for communities in Lebanon and northern Israel.

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Israel army says soldier killed in south Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Sunday that a soldier was killed in southern Lebanon, where a ceasefire has been in place since mid-April.

Sergeant Idan Fooks, 19, died "during combat" in south Lebanon, while "an officer and three additional soldiers were severely injured, along with a soldier who was moderately injured and a soldier who was lightly injured", the military said.

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Netanyahu says Hezbollah 'dismantling' ceasefire with Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Hezbollah's actions were threatening the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, as he pledged to "vigorously" target the Iran-backed group.

"It must be understood that Hezbollah's violations are, in practice, dismantling the ceasefire," Netanyahu said during a weekly cabinet meeting.

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Israel begins striking south Lebanon after evacuation warning for 7 towns

Lebanese official media said Israel's military began striking the country's south on Sunday after issuing an evacuation warning for seven locations, despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah.

"Israeli warplanes launched a strike" in Kfar Tibnit -- one of the locations included in the warning -- the state-run National News Agency said, adding that there were reports of casualties.

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Dar al-Fatwa backs Aoun's right to hold talks to end war with Israel

The Supreme Islamic Sharia Council, headed by Lebanon’s Sunni Muslim Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan, said that the “constitutional right” of President Joseph Aoun to pursue diplomatic negotiations to end the war with the “Zionist entity” should be respected.

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Israel strikes buildings in south Lebanon after Netanyahu orders attacks on Hezbollah

Israeli airstrikes targeted the southern towns of Haddatha, Zibqine, al-Sultaniyeh and Kherbet Selm, as the Israeli army said it hit "buildings used by Hezbollah for military purposes."

The strikes came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to strike Hezbollah hard after what the army said was a string of ceasefire violations.

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Israel says hit Hezbollah launchpads outside buffer zone, strikes motorbike in Yohmor

The Israeli army said Saturday that it attacked overnight Hezbollah rocket launchpads in the southern towns of Deir al-Zahrani, Kfar Rumman and al-Smaiyeh north of the so-called "Yellow Line".

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