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Qassem says govt. responsible for making Israel honor withdrawal deadline

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a televised speech Sunday that Israel "must withdraw from all of the Lebanese territory that it has occupied" on Feb. 18.

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3 dead as Israel says staged strikes in Bekaa on Hezbollah sites

The Israeli army said it conducted air strikes in Lebanon on Sunday targeting Hezbollah military sites storing weapons including rocket launchers.

"A short while ago, the IAF (Israeli Air Force) conducted precision, intelligence-based strikes on a number of military sites in Lebanese territory containing rocket launchers and weapons, where Hezbollah activity had been identified," the military said in a statement, without specifying the exact location of the strikes.

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Rubio says Lebanese state should 'take on and disarm Hezbollah'

Top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the United States and Israel expect the Lebanese state to work towards disarming Iran-backed Hezbollah, which fought a war with Israel last year.

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Netanyahu says Hezbollah must be disarmed, Israel will 'enforce' ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would do what it has to in order to "enforce" the ceasefire with Lebanon.

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Woman killed as Israeli forces fire on returnees to southern Lebanon

A woman was killed and several other people wounded Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire on a group of residents attempting to return to the village of Houla in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese state-run news agency reported.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the incident, which comes two days before the deadline for implementation of a ceasefire agreement that ended the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah in late November, including a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon.

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Hezbollah and Safa denounce attack on UNIFIL

Senior Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa has denounced Friday's attack on UNIFIL near Beirut's airport during an angry protest by Hezbollah supporters.

Safa said "what happened with UNIFIL... is unacceptable."

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Lebanon blocked Iran planes after 'US warnings'

Lebanon denied permission for Iranian flights to land in Beirut twice this week after the United States warned Israel might shoot the planes down, a Lebanese security source told AFP.

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Hezbollah demands Lebanese government lift ban on Iranian planes

Hezbollah on Sunday urged the Lebanese government to reverse a decision blocking Iranian flights from landing in Beirut, following U.S. warnings.

The Iran-backed group said in a statement that it "demands that the government reverse its decision to ban Iranian planes from landing at Beirut airport and take serious measures to prevent the Israeli enemy from imposing its dictates."

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Iran says ready for 'constructive talks' with Lebanon on resuming flights

Iran said Saturday that it was ready for "constructive talks" with Lebanon on restoring Tehran-Beirut flights after a decision to bar two flights from landing triggered violent protests in Beirut.

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Army fires tear gas to disperse official Hezbollah sit-in on airport road

The army on Saturday fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of Hezbollah supporters that again blocked the road to the airport after the group officially called for a "popular sit-in" to denounce Lebanon's banning of two Iranian planes from landing in Beirut.

Video footage shows tear gas canisters falling on peaceful protesters during a speech by Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qamati, but army sources told TV networks that the tear gas was fired after other protesters "blocked the airport road and attacked army vehicles."

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