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Gaza war long felt personal for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Now they're living it

The war in Gaza was always personal for many Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.

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Franjieh meets Berri, urges president who wouldn't 'conspire against resistance'

Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh met Monday in Ain el-Tineh with Speaker Nabih Berri, noting that the latter still supports his presidential nomination.

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Health workers describe deadly Israeli attacks on colleagues and fear more

Israel's military struck outside the gates of a hospital in southern Lebanon without warning on Friday, killing seven paramedics and forcing the facility to close, the hospital director told The Associated Press a day after one of the most deadly attacks on health workers in the weeks since fighting escalated between Israel and Hezbollah.

The account of the Friday airstrikes that flung hospital doors off their hinges and shattered glass was the latest to detail attacks that Lebanon's health ministry says have killed dozens of health workers.

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Lebanese worldwide fear for their homeland and loved ones as violence escalates

It was a year ago when Jomana Siddiqui visited Lebanon, where her father was born — and is now buried. She planned to return there soon; this time, she thought, she would take her two teenage daughters.

Instead, Siddiqui, who lives in California, now worries about relatives there. As she watches from afar the violence and the recent escalation in Israel's military campaign in Lebanon, Siddiqui thinks about the people she met during her visit, the kindness and generosity she encountered.

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What to know about fighting in Lebanon and Gaza

Israel launched a new air and ground offensive in northern Gaza Sunday, hours after pounding Beirut's southern suburbs in the heaviest bombardment since it stepped up its pursuit of Hezbollah last month.

The intensified campaign on two fronts, including an overnight strike on a Gaza mosque that killed 19, came as Israel remained on high alert ahead of memorial events to mark the surprise attack a year ago that triggered the ongoing war.

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118 rescuers killed since Oct. 7 as Israeli strike kills 10 firefighters in Baraachit

An Israeli strike that targeted a local firefighting center in Baraachit overnight killed ten firefighters, bringing to 118 the number of rescuers killed in a year, with more than 50 killed by Israeli fire in just a week.

The health ministry said more people were buried under the rubble and the death toll may rise.

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Report: Hezbollah is being run by 'collective leadership'

Hezbollah is currently being run by a “collective leadership,” sources informed on Hezbollah’s situation told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, in response to reports about the successor of the group’s slain leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs.

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Jordanian FM in Beirut says Israeli escalation risks 'regional war'

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned Monday that "Israeli aggression" was pushing the region towards the "abyss" of full-blown war, during a visit to Lebanon.

"The Israeli aggression... which started in Gaza and now has continued into Lebanon is pushing the whole region into the abyss of full-blown regional war," Safadi told a news conference in Beirut.

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US CENTCOM chief held talks over Iran, Lebanon on Israel visit

U.S. Central Command chief General Michael Kurilla visited Israel for "a situational assessment" focused on security challenges coming from Iran and Lebanon, the Israeli military said on Monday.

"General Kurilla's visit focused on the current security issues, with an emphasis on Iran and the northern front," a military statement said, without specifying when he had arrived in Israel.

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Hezbollah targets base near Haifa after another difficult night

Hezbollah targeted areas near Haifa twice on Monday with rockets.

The group said early Monday that it targeted an Israeli military base near the northern city of Haifa. It later fired a "large rocket salvo" at areas north of Haifa in the afternoon.

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