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Aoun says political parties must play positive role in building state 'not destroying it'

Marking the anniversary of the declaration of Greater Lebanon, President Joseph Aoun called Tuesday for an immediate halt to conflict, a renewed commitment to national sovereignty, and the rebuilding of strong state institutions to revive the country's economy.

"The true challenge today lies in ending wars, safeguarding sovereignty, moving toward building the state and its institutions, and revitalizing the economy and business sector," Aoun said. "This can only be achieved through a collective return to the state, which alone serves as the sole authority for all Lebanese — united by the National Pact as an inclusive foundation that preserves diversity within unity."

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Child dies of wounds from Israeli cluster bomb explosion in Haboush

A Lebanese boy succumbed to his wounds after an unexploded Israeli ordnance detonated in the southern village of Haboush, the National News Agency said.

Mohammad Ali Ibrahim, whose father Ali Ibrahim was previously killed in an Israeli attack on southern Lebanon, was injured on Monday alongside another child when a bomb left behind by Israeli forces exploded in Haboush.

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South Lebanon: Latest developments

Israeli strikes and artillery shelling targeted overnight into Tuesday the southern border town of al-Mansouri and the outskirts of Hadatha and Baraashit.

Nearby in Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Dhaira and Kfar Remman, the Israeli army carried out strikes and detonations while dropping flare bombs and white phosphorus.

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Berri slams framework deal anew, warns against negotiating under fire

Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday again lashed out at the framework agreement that was signed in June between Lebanon and Israel.

“The current stage, with its existential risks, does not grant anyone the right to act on any of the sovereign titles under any pretext, whether a framework agreement or secret appendices or otherwise,” said Berri in an annual speech marking the anniversary of Imam Moussa al-Sadr’s disappearance.

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Report: Gadhafi shot al-Sadr twice in the chest

Iraqi researcher, historian, and media figure Hamid Abdullah has presented on his YouTube channel highly sensitive details about the alleged final hours of revered Lebanese Shiite cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his companions in Libya in 1978, claiming the presence of documents related to the imam’s disappearance that are supposedly still in Iraq.

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Israel says arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanon has decreased

An Israeli security source stated that Israel is monitoring the Syrian front, emphasizing that it "will not allow hostile forces to establish a presence on the border."

The source added that Israel is working to fortify its border defenses by "increasing the number of town protection units and arming them."

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Israel practicing 'gradual escalation' to seize Ali al-Taher

What is happening in south Lebanon is dangerous and no one can stop the advance of the Israeli military machine, a Lebanese official said.

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Netanyahu: Defeating Iran could lead to end of Hamas, Hezbollah

Victory over Iran could bring about the elimination of Hamas and Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday night.

“It is clear that if this regime is defeated, the path to the final elimination of Hamas and the elimination of Hezbollah is not far off, and we will complete it,” Netanyahu told Channel 14.

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School starts soon in Lebanon but thousands still shelter in them during war

Eleven-year-old Fatima Khashab helps her mother tidy the small area where their family sleeps, in a row of makeshift living quarters in a school gymnasium.

About 200 families are sheltering in the school in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre. Most are from villages farther south that have been destroyed in the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah or are occupied by Israeli forces, like Fatima's hometown of Mansouri.

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South Lebanon: Latest developments

Israeli artillery shelling targeted overnight into Monday the southern border towns of Houla, al-Mansouri and Bouyout al-Siyyed.

Strikes on Sunday night hit Kfar Remman, al-Mansouri, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Mayfadoun and Arnoun, while Israeli forces detonated houses in Arnoun and Yohmor.

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