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Geagea says Hezbollah implicating Lebanon in 'most dangerous war'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has described Hezbollah, without naming it, as “a group that does not care about the state and is daily seeking to destroy its pillars.”

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Hezbollah attacks Meron air base in response to Bekaa strikes

Two people were killed overnight in a strike on a house in the southern border town of Mays al Jabal, the National News Agency said, as Hezbollah announced the death of one of its members "on the road to Jerusalem."

On Tuesday, Israeli warplanes and artillery bombed Kfarkela, al Khiam, al-Naqoura, Aita al-Shaab, Maroun al-Ras, Aitaroun, al-Jebbayn, Yarin and a civil defense center in Tayr Harfa.

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Mikati hails UN ceasefire call, urges halt to Israeli aggression against Lebanon

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has hailed the U.N. Security Council call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza five months into the grinding war.

Mikati said the resolution is the "first stage in the process of ending Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip," as he urged the international community to pressure Israel to stop its aggression against south Lebanon.

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Israel-Hezbollah border clashes: Latest developments

Hezbollah carried out Monday several attacks on Israeli positions while Israel bombed several border towns in south Lebanon.

Hezbollah said it targeted a group of soldiers on the al-Tayhat hill With missiles and artillery shells, a "newly created" command center in Liman, the Bayyad Blida post, and the Zebdine post in the occupied Shebaa Farms.

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Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Golan after Israeli raid near Baalbek wounds 4

Four people were wounded by Israeli air strikes near Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek overnight, one of which hit a two-story building, an AFP correspondent said on Sunday.

Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah have been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire since the Gaza war erupted in October.

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Hezbollah targets Metula with suicide drone

The Israeli army and Hezbollah exchanged fire Friday, as tensions seemed to de-escalate along the Lebanon-Israel border.

Hezbollah fired artillery shells at Israeli troops near the Zar'it barracks and targeted with a suicide drone a tank in the Metula post. The group had carried out Thursday nine attacks on northern Israel.

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Paris says actively engaged with parties to prevent Lebanon-Israel escalation

The French Foreign Ministry has announced its commitment to preventing escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, stating that it is “actively engaged on all fronts to achieve this goal.”

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Palestinians hand over 'intruders' accused of role in Mustafa's assassination

Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s Tyre region have handed over to Lebanese authorities a group of individuals suspected of aiding Israel in its drone assassination of senior Hamas official Hadi Mustafa near Tyre on March 13.

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Christian forces to meet in Bkirki today

A Christian political meeting will be held at 4pm Thursday in Bkirki to discuss and approve a political document prepared by the Maronite patriarchate.

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Geagea says Hezbollah 'endless' clinging to Franjieh disrupting democratic polls

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said in a statement Thursday that elections are the only solution to the presidential crisis.

"Anyone who says there would be no president without dialogue is actually saying publicly and frankly 'If you do not accept my candidate, there will be no president'," Geagea said. "This is unacceptable and completely rejected.”

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