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Israeli strike hits al-Manar's transmission building in Toumat Niha

An Israeli airstrike has targeted the transmission building of Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV on the heights of the Toumat Niha area, which overlooks West Bekaa and the southern region of Iqlim al-Tuffah, state-run National News Agency reported on Sunday.

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Aoun warns against entangling Lebanon in war after US strikes on Iran

President Joseph Aoun said Sunday that Lebanon does not want to “pay the price of more wars” and that “there is no national interest” in joining the Israel-Iran war after the U.S. strikes on Iran’s key nuclear sites.

“Lebanon, with its leadership, parties and people, realizes today more than ever that it has preciously paid for the wars that erupted on its soil and in the region, and it does not want to pay any further and there is no national interest in that,” Aoun said.

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Salam urges keeping Lebanon out of conflict after US strikes on Iran

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that Lebanon needs to stay away from any possible regional spillover from the conflict, after the U.S. targeted Iran's main nuclear sites.

“It is increasingly important for us to adhere strictly to the supreme national interest, which is the need to avoid Lebanon being ... drawn into the ongoing regional confrontation in any way,” Salam said in a post on X.

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Ex-bodyguard of Nasrallah killed in Israeli strike in Iran

A former bodyguard for Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, was killed Saturday in an Israeli strike in Iran, a Hezbollah official said.

For more than a week, Israel has been carrying out waves of air attacks on Iranian targets in the foes' worst confrontation in history.

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Assad cousin arrested in Lebanon border ambush

Syrian authorities arrested Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, the interior ministry said Saturday, in one of the most high-profile arrests since the former president's ouster.

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Israel says hit Hezbollah site in Naqoura after questioning member

Israel's military said Saturday its navy hit a Hezbollah "infrastructure site" near the southern Lebanese city of Naqoura, a day after Israel's defense minister warned the Lebanese armed group against entering the Iran-Israel war.

"Overnight, an Israeli Navy vessel struck a Hezbollah 'Radwan Force' terrorist infrastructure site in the area of Naqoura in southern Lebanon," the Israeli army said in a statement.

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Israel says Abbasiyeh strike killed Hezbollah commander for Litani sector

The Lebanese health ministry said an Israeli strike on south Lebanon's al-Abbasiyeh killed one person, as Israel said it killed a member of Hezbollah.

Israel has continued to carry out near-daily strikes on Lebanon despite a November ceasefire with Hezbollah and an unprecedented bombing campaign it launched on Iran last week.

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Report: Barrack to return to Beirut in 3 weeks, says Trump keen on stability

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack promised President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam to carry answers regarding their concerns when he returns to Lebanon after three weeks, a Lebanese official source told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.

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Hezbollah supporters demonstrate in support of Iran

Hundreds of supporters of Hezbollah gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs after Friday afternoon prayers to demonstrate in support of Tehran in the ongoing Israel-Iran war.

Demonstrators carried the Iranian, Lebanese and Palestinian flags as well as that of Hezbollah, and chanted "death to America" and "death to Israel." Some also chanted pledges of allegiance to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is revered as religious authority by many Shiite Muslims.

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Report: Envoys tell Lebanon that Israel won't withdraw or halt attacks

International envoys who traveled to Beirut and Tel Aviv have told Lebanon that “Israel does not intend to make any step as to halting its aggression” against Lebanon, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday.

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