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Israeli strikes target Hezbollah's al-Qard al-Hassan in Dahieh, Bekaa, South

Israeli airstrikes were targeting Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday night, after the Israeli army warned that it would target Hezbollah's al-Qard al-Hassan financial institution in Haret Hreik, Shiyyah, Ghobeiri, Choueifat, Tahwitat al-Ghadir and Burj al-Barajneh.

The National News Agency reported 11 strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, many of them targeting al-Qard al-Hassan. Other strikes hit the association in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley and in the country's south, NNA added.

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Report: Qassem fled Lebanon and is now living in Tehran

Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem has been residing in Tehran after fleeing Lebanon on an Iranian plane over two weeks ago, the UAE-based Erem News outlet reported, quoting an anonymous Iranian source.

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Gantz tells Netanyahu to stop posting videos, warns against long war in Lebanon

Responding to criticism from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s Likud party that he failed to condemn a Hezbollah drone attack against the prime minister’s home in Caesarea for reasons of “petty politics,” Benny Gantz’s National Unity party called on the premier to “stop dealing in press statements and embarrassing videos.”

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Fearing Israeli attacks on airport, Lebanese leave by sea

Hassan Alik, fleeing escalating violence in the Israel-Hezbollah war, left Lebanon on Saturday aboard a ship to avoid Beirut's airport, which he feared "could be bombed" at any moment.

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Iran says Hezbollah behind drone attack on Netanyahu's residence

Iran's United Nations mission said that Lebanon's Hezbollah, armed and financed by Tehran, was behind a drone attack on the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Hezbollah says fired rocket salvo at northern Israel

Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at northern Israel, including at a military base near the city of Haifa on Saturday after the Israeli army reported a barrage of projectiles launched from Lebanon.

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Israeli strikes hit Dahieh at dawn after evacuation warning

Two Israeli air strikes targeted Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday after the Israeli army warned civilians to evacuate two areas there, state media said.

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Netanyahu says Iran and proxies to pay 'heavy price' for trying to 'assassinate' him

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accused Iran and its "proxy Hezbollah" of trying to kill him and his wife, vowing that they would pay "a heavy price," after his office reported a drone targeted his residence in Caesarea.

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US, UK, France, Germany decide to send Hochstein to Beirut carrying 'solution'

U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British PM Keir Starmer agreed in their meeting in Berlin on Friday to dispatch U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein to Beirut, a diplomatic source said.

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Drone launched toward Netanyahu residence in central Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched toward his residence in Caesarea, after the military reported a drone from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central town on Saturday.

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