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Israel strikes deep in south as Hezbollah drone kills soldier, wounds 2

An Israeli drone on Saturday bombed a deserted room in a residential neighborhood in the Nabatieh district town of Houmine al-Tahta, which lies around 40 kilometers away from the nearest border point, in a significant escalation of hostilities, the National News Agency said.

The strike did not cause any casualties according to the town's mayor.

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Israel-Hezbollah clashes: Latest developments

Hezbollah said Saturday that it mounted two morning attacks on the Birkat Risha Israeli post near the border, inflicting deaths and injuries.

Media reports said four Israeli soldiers were wounded in the attacks, one of them critically.

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Macron reportedly calls off Christmas visit to Lebanon

A Dec. 21 visit that French President Emmanuel Macron had been scheduled to make to Lebanon has been called off, French diplomatic sources told the Saudi Okaz newspaper.

The visit has been canceled for reasons that are still unknown and officials in Lebanon have been informed of this, the sources added.

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CNN: US rebukes Israel over 'more than 30 attacks' on Lebanese Army

Israel's military has repeatedly attacked the Lebanese Army near the border over the past two months, prompting alarm in the Biden administration and sharp rebukes from top U.S. officials to Israeli leadership, CNN has reported.

"The Israelis have struck Lebanese Armed Forces positions more than 34 times since October 7, including with small arms and artillery fire, drones and helicopters," according to U.S. officials, a regional security source, and a list of the incidents compiled by the U.S. and reviewed by CNN.

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Lufthansa resumes flights to and from Beirut

German airline group Lufthansa resumed its flights to and from Beirut on Friday after they were suspended on October 13 as tensions on Lebanon's border with Israel soared and the war in Gaza raged.

Lufthansa's subsidiaries SWISS and Eurowings also resumed their flights, the group said.

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Parliament extends army chief's term for a year

Lebanese lawmakers on Friday extended the army chief's mandate, averting a military power vacuum as the country faces spillover of the Israel-Hamas war without a president or a fully functioning government.

Parliament approved delaying the retirement of senior officers at the head of the military and security services for one year, Lebanon's official National News Agency said.

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Israel drops flyers warning Lebanese against helping Hezbollah

The Israeli army dropped leaflets on parts of south Lebanon on Friday for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began, warning residents not to help Hezbollah, inhabitants said.

Since October 8, the day after the Israel-Hamas war started, the frontier between Lebanon and Israel has seen deadly exchanges of fire, mainly between the Israeli army and the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, which says it is acting in support of Hamas.

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In Israel, top US official says 'diplomacy' best way to deal with Hezbollah

Diplomacy is the best way to deal with the threat Hezbollah poses to Israel from its northern border with Lebanon, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters in Tel Aviv on Friday.

“We also believe that the threat can be dealt with through diplomacy and does not require the launching of a new war,” Sullivan said.

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Mikati postpones cabinet session as armed forces retirees protest salaries

Retired members of the armed forces protested Friday their low salaries at Beirut's Riad al-Solh Square, blocking the road leading to the Grand Serail ahead of a cabinet session at the Serail in downtown Beirut.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati postponed the session to Tuesday due to a lack of quorum, as some ministers couldn't reach the Grand Serail and the Free Patriotic Movement ministers boycotted the session.

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Hezbollah fires Burkan rockets on Israel as drone strikes house in Yarin

Hezbollah fired Friday heavy-caliber Burkan rockets at the al-Jirdah Israeli post as Israeli shelling hit at least 10 southern Lebanese border towns.

Hezbollah also targeted the Bayyad Blida Israeli post and Israeli forces at the Mattat and the Ramim barracks, "inflicting deaths and injuries."

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