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Lebanon Fierce Israeli airstrikes target south Lebanon A series of violent Israeli airstrikes targeted south Lebanon on Thursday afternoon and evening, killing one person and wounding seven others...
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Hezbollah said Sunday that it targeted an Israeli military vehicle across the border with guided missiles, killing and wounding its crew members.
The Israeli military confirmed in a statement that an antitank missile was launched from Lebanon at Yiftah in northern Israel, and said it was striking the sources of fire. It did not confirm whether there were casualties.

Four paramedics were wounded when an Israeli drone bombed an ambulance for the Amal Movement-affiliated Islamic Risala Scout Association on the outskirts of the south Lebanon town of Tayr Harfa.
The National News Agency said the injuries ranged from light to moderate.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has visited troops on Israel's northern border with Israel and reiterated that Israel had no interest in engaging in a war there.
"But we are prepared for every mission," Gallant said in a statement.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have urged the international community to intensify efforts to "contain the situation" between Israel and the Palestinians and avert expanding the scope of violence."
Mikati flew to Cairo on Saturday for talks with al-Sisi after his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Jordanian capital of Amman.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati during their meeting in Jordan for his leadership “in preventing Lebanon from being pulled into a war that the Lebanese people do not want,” the U.S. State Department said.
Mikati for his part stressed “the priority of working for a ceasefire in Gaza to halt the continuous Israeli aggression there, and also working on stopping the Israeli aggression against south Lebanon,” Lebanon’s National News Agency said.

Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes along the border with Lebanon Saturday after Hezbollah attacked several Israeli army posts.
The escalation came a day after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said his powerful group is already engaged in unprecedented fighting along the Lebanon-Israel border. He threatened a further escalation as Israel's war in Gaza with Hamas, Hezbollah's ally, nears the one-month mark.

Progressive Socialist Party former leader Walid Jumblat has described Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s speech on the military developments in Gaza and south Lebanon as “very realistic.”
“He was very realistic in describing the plight of the Palestinian people and the Israeli occupation of the past 75 years, in addition to the situation in Gaza and the bombardment of civilians,” Jumblat said in an interview with al-Jadeed television.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday met in Jordan with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
During the meeting, Mikati stressed “the priority of working for a ceasefire in Gaza to halt the continuous Israeli aggression there, and also working on stopping the Israeli aggression against south Lebanon,” Lebanon’s National News Agency said.

Hezbollah on Saturday attacked the al-Jirdah, Hadb al-Bustan, Jal al-Alam and Malkia Israeli military posts on Lebanon’s border.
Israel retaliated with an airstrike on the al-Labbouneh area in Naqoura and artillery shelling on the Lebanese border areas of Naqoura, Yarin, Tayr Harfa, Dhayra, Shihin and Aitaroun.

The U.S. Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder has said that he does not think Hezbollah would escalate the fighting with Israel, even after Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addressed threats to both Israel and the United States.
"A broader regional conflict has been deterred," Ryder told the BBC.
