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Border clashes resume after day of intense Israeli strikes

The Israeli army bombed several southern border towns overnight through Wednesday, while Hezbollah targeted groups of soldier in al-Raheb post.

Israeli artillery and warplanes struck the Kfarshouba heights, Kfarkila, Markaba, al-Taybeh, Wadi Slouqi, Aita al-Shaab and the outskirts of al-Naqoura, Yarine, Dhaira, al-Bustan, Merwahine, al-Jebbayn, Aita al-Shaab, Ramia and Houla.

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Franjieh holds talks with Jumblat in Clemenceau

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has met with Marada leader and Hezbollah presidential candidate Suleiman Franjieh in Clemenceau.

"The Progressive Socialist Party is working on crystallizing a domestic solution with all parties," PSP MP Bilal Abdallah said.

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Mikati: Hezbollah enjoys rationality and wisdom

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Tuesday stressed that a ceasefire in Gaza would be the cornerstone for the beginning of all solutions in the region.

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Israel says hit 'dozens of Hezbollah targets' in major Wadi Slouqi attack

The Israeli army on Tuesday said it carried out a combined strike with warplanes and artillery on dozens of Hezbollah military buildings and infrastructure in Wadi Slouqi in south Lebanon, a strategic valley that lies a few kilometers away from the frontier.

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Israeli troops train on 'attacking Lebanon' as general stresses 'readiness'

The Israeli army’s northern region commander, Major General Ori Gordin, has inspected a military exercise in which troops trained on “waging an attack on Lebanon as part of raising the level of readiness,” the Israeli army said on Tuesday.

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Borell urges preventing conflict in Lebanon at all costs

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday said preventing the spread of the Gaza conflict to Lebanon at all costs should be one of the top priorities in the region.

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Israel-Hezbollah border skirmishes: Latest developments

Israeli warplanes and artillery struck Tuesday the border towns of Wadi Slouki, Houla, Kfarkila, Mays al-Jabal, and al-Abbasiyya in south lebanon.

The Israeli army used phosphorus bombs, and dropped leaflets on Kfarkila warning residents that Hezbollah is launching missiles from the region.

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Israel-Hezbollah border skirmishes: Latest developments

Hezbollah targeted Monday gatherings of Israeli troops near the Mattat and the Ramim barracks, surveillance equipment in Metula, and the post of Birkat Risha with Burkan rockets .

Israel shelled the southerns towns of Dhaira, al-Jebbayn, Tayr Harfa, Aita al-Shaab, Hanine, Shihine, al-Hamames hill near al-Khiam, the Marjeyoun plain, and Em el-Tout.

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2 Israeli 'civilians' reportedly killed by Hezbollah missile

Two "civilians" were killed in northern Israel on Sunday after an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon hit their home in a town near the border, Israeli rescuers said.

The missile hit a home in the town of Yuval in northern Israel, killing a man in his 40s and his mother, who was in her 70s, the rescuers said. Although Yuval is one of more than 40 towns along the northern border evacuated by the government in October, Israeli media reported that the family stayed in the area because they work in agriculture. Hezbollah meanwhile said that the attack targeted an Israeli military force and inflicted deaths and injuries.

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Nasrallah says Hezbollah doesn't fear war, no talks before Gaza war ends

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed Sunday that Hezbollah does not not fear war or U.S. and Israeli threats, while emphasizing that his group will not negotiate over the situation on the border before the end of Israel’s war on Gaza.

“We will continue and our front is inflicting defeats on the enemy,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech commemorating Hezbollah senior military commander Wissam Tawil, who was assassinated by Israel on Monday.

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