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Hezbollah says clashing with Israeli troops in Aita al-Shaab

Hezbollah said it was clashing at close range on Thursday with Israeli troops in a south Lebanon border village, claiming it had hit two tanks.

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Mikati urges instant ceasefire, deployment of 8,000 troops in south

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday callied for an immediate cease-fire, the full implementation of the U.N. resolution that ended the last Israel-Hezbollah war and the deployment of 8,000 Lebanese troops to a buffer zone along the border with Israel.

Mikati spoke at a conference in Paris in support of Lebanon.

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Israeli drone targets car in Kahale

Lebanon's official National News Agency said an Israeli strike targeted a car on a highway leading to the capital Beirut, as Israel and Hezbollah fight a month-old war.

"An enemy drone targeted a car on the Kahale road," the NNA said, referring to a mountain area on the main highway between Beirut and the eastern Bekaa Valley.

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Germany pledges 96 mn euros in aid for crisis-hit Lebanon

Germany pledged 96 million euros ($103 million) in additional aid to crisis-hit Lebanon at a Paris aid conference Thursday as conflict rages between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Israeli strike kills 2 Lebanese troops and an officer

The Lebanese military says an Israeli strike killed three of its troops, including an officer, as they were evacuating wounded people in southern Lebanon.

In a Thursday post on X, it said the strike hit the outskirts of the southern town of Yater.

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Massive displacement from war transforms Beirut's famed Hamra street

Inside what was once one of Beirut's oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah war spend their time following the news on their phones, cooking, chatting and walking around to pass the time.

Outside on Hamra Street, once a thriving economic hub, sidewalks are filled with displaced people, and hotels and apartments are crammed with those seeking shelter. Cafes and restaurants are overflowing.

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Macron says France will provide 100 million-euro aid package to support Lebanon

Fraench President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday his country would support Lebanon with 100 million euros, as Paris hosted an aid conference with big financial aims but slim diplomatic prospects.

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Israel pounds Dahieh, levelling residential complex

Israel carried out a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah's southern Beirut stronghold on Wednesday night, destroying a residential complex, Lebanese state media said.

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Hezbollah says launched rockets at Tel Aviv suburbs

Hezbollah on Wednesday said it struck a military manufacturing firm in the Tel Aviv suburbs with rockets, claiming the hit was accurate.

The group said it hit a "military industries company in the suburbs of Tel Aviv with qualitative rockets and hit the target accurately."

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Netanyahu says Hezbollah prepared 'invasion' of Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday Israel had uncovered a plot by Hezbollah to attack his Israel via underground tunnels involving jeeps and missiles.

He told French broadcasters CNews and Europe 1 that had the plan succeeded such an assault would have been more damaging than the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.

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