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Report: Israeli Minister Reveals Technology to 'Assassinate Nasrallah'

An Israeli minister said that the Israeli army will soon possess a new robot technology that can assassinate Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leaders, an Israeli news report said.

Minister Without Portfolio Ayoob Kara stated that the new technology “can eliminate the enemies, mainly Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leaders in Gaza."

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Berri Says Could Back 1960 Law but Never Parliament’s Term Extension

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed that he would never agree on the extension of the parliament's term, but might agree on staging the election based on the 1960 electoral law if the deadline approaches, An Nahar daily reported on Monday.

“I can support the 1960 law sixty times and not once do I support the parliament's term extension. I don't have to repeat how must I reject and hate this law,” Berri told the daily.

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Qaouq Says Lebanon Facing 'Unknown' Due to Failure to Agree on Electoral Law

Hizbullah central council official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq warned Sunday that the failure to agree on a new electoral law has started to pose risks and an “unknown” future for the country.

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Cautious Calm after Fierce Fatah-Islamist Clashes in Ain el-Hilweh

Fierce clashes erupted Sunday afternoon between the secular Fatah Movement and a number of hardline Islamist groups in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, state-run National News Agency reported.

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Bassil Threatens Return to Controversial Orthodox Gathering Electoral Law

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil warned Sunday that the FPM would insist anew on a controversial electoral law under which each sect elects its own MPs should the parties reject a new draft electoral law that he intends to propose.

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Report Says ISG Statement on Elections and Security is 'Last Warning' to Lebanon

The statement that was issued Wednesday by the International Support Group for Lebanon was “the last warning” to the country, diplomatic sources have said.

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Embassies Seek Clarifications on Foreign Ministry's Summoning of Kaag

Western and European embassies have demanded clarifications about the circumstances and reasons that led to the summoning of U.N. Special for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag to the Foreign Ministry over a tweet related to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, a media report said on Sunday.

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Lebanon's Southern Residents Protest Israeli Incursions

Protesting Israel's recurrent violation against Lebanon's southern territories, residents of the border town of Mays al-Jabal staged a sit-in in the presence of MP Qassem Hashem and a number of journalists, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

NNA said that Israeli troops had fired tear gas bombs in the direction of the campaigners to disperse them which led to several cases of suffocation.

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Reports: Hizbullah Obtained Naval Missiles that Could Threaten Israel

Hizbullah has been able to obtain strategic naval capabilities that could threaten Israel during any upcoming war, Israeli reports have said.

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Hariri: Government Keen on Restoring Citizens' Confidence

In light of the controversy between political parties over devising a new electoral law for the parliamentary elections, approving a state budget and the long-stalled wage scale, Prime Minister Saad Hariri emerged to appease the people and assured them that the government is keen on restoring the people's confidence.

“As government, we are keen on restoring the people's confidence in the State. Part of this confidence lies in providing services for the benefit of the citizens,” said Hariri from the Grand Serail, during the launch of a tender for the modernization and development of fixed landlines in Lebanon on Friday.

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