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Macron says G7 summit will discuss Iran, Lebanon and Hormuz

President Donald Trump is headed to the French Alps on Monday to meet with fellow world leaders at the Group of Seven summit after announcing an agreement that he says will bring an end to the U.S. war with Iran.

French President Emmanuel Macron, this year's summit host, invited the leaders of three nations that aren't part of the G7 — Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — to take part in a session on the Middle East on Tuesday where Iran is expected to be a central focus.

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Defense minister says Israel won't withdraw from land seized in Lebanon

Israel's defense minister said Monday that Israel won't withdraw from land seized in Lebanon, potentially challenging an interim deal that Iran and the United States reached hours earlier that includes opening the Strait of Hormuz and further extending a shaky ceasefire.

Details of the deal were not immediately released and Iran signaled implementation would not start until the signing, which key mediator Pakistan said would take place Friday in Switzerland.

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Israeli far-right minister slams US-Iran deal, urges stronger campaign in Lebanon

Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, on Monday denounced the deal between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon, insisting his country was not bound by it.

"Trump's agreement does not bind us... we are not party to this agreement. It does not safeguard our security," Ben Gvir said on his Telegram channel, in what was the first reaction from an Israeli official to the deal.

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Pakistan says Iran-US deal immediately halts war, including in Lebanon

Pakistan's prime minister announced that the United States and Iran had agreed to a "Peace Deal" that immediately halts all military operations, including in Lebanon, with a signing ceremony to take place in Geneva on June 19.

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Iran's top security body warns response 'imminent' after Israel's Dahieh strike

Iran's highest national security body warned on Sunday that a response was "imminent" following an Israeli strike targeting Tehran's ally Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Israel says top Hezbollah militant accused of killing US soldiers slain

The Israeli military said Sunday that its forces had killed a senior Hezbollah militant accused of involvement in the kidnapping and killing of five American soldiers in Iraq in 2007.

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Trump rips Netanyahu over Dahieh attack, says Iran deal in 'a few hours'

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that a peace deal with Iran was still on track to be signed within hours, despite an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs that he said had delayed the plan.

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Trump slams Israel over Dahieh attack, urges parties to cease fire to achieve 'peace deal'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized Israel for launching a new attack on Beirut's southern suburbs and urged all parties to show restraint in order to achieve a "peace deal."

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Iran says 'no point' in US talks after Dahieh strike, casting doubt on deal

Iran said on Sunday there was "no point" in peace talks with the United States, accusing it of failing to uphold its commitments and casting doubt on a deal that Donald Trump had insisted would be signed imminently.

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Lebanon complains to UN over Israel killing of army troops, herbicide use

Lebanon's foreign ministry said it had lodged a complaint with the United Nations over Israel's alleged spraying of herbicide glyphosate in Lebanese territory near the border earlier this year.

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