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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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Rights group urges Lebanon to free Gadhafi's son

Human Rights Watch called on Lebanon Tuesday to release a son of Libya's former leader Moammar Gadhafi, saying he had been held on "spurious charges" for eight years.

Lebanon in 2015 arrested and accused Hannibal Gadhafi, known for living the high life, of withholding information about the disappearance of Lebanese Shiite cleric Imam Moussa Sadr in 1978.

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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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Report: Hamas officials flee Lebanon to neighboring countries

Several Hamas officials who were living in Lebanon have fled to neighboring countries, in the wake of Israel’s assassination of Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation has reported.

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What are the five points discussed with Hochstein?

Lebanese officials discussed five points with U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein during his visit last week to Lebanon, a media report said.

Below are the five points, as published Monday by al-Liwaa newspaper:

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