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Army inspects southern homes for second day

The Lebanese Army on Sunday inspectef four destroyed houses in the southern town of Bint Jbeil at the request of the U.S.-led Mechanism committee, the National News Agency said.

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Lebanon on agenda as Netanyahu meets Trump on Monday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Monday, an Israeli official told AFP, in what is seen as a crucial visit for the next steps of the fragile Gaza truce plan.

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Report: Trump to ask Netanyahu to continue diplomacy with Lebanon

U.S. President Donald Trump will ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their upcoming meeting to continue the path of diplomacy with Lebanon, a media report said.

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UNIFIL says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli fire

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said an Israeli attack near their position in the country's south wounded a peacekeeper on Friday, reiterating a call for Israel to "cease aggressive behavior."

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Paris lauds Lebanese govt.'s approval of financial gap bill

Lebanon's government on Friday approved a draft law to distribute financial losses from the 2019 economic crisis that deprived many Lebanese of their deposits despite strong opposition from political and banking officials.

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Salam vows accountability and full funds return as cabinet approves banks law

After Cabinet passed a long-awaited banking draft bill that would distribute losses from the 2019 economic crisis amid objections from nine ministers and modest protests, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam appeared a bit agitated as he answered journalists' questions.

The law stipulates that each of the state, the central bank, commercial banks and depositors will share the losses accrued as a result of the financial crisis.

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What will Netanyahu discuss with Trump regarding Lebanon?

In their upcoming meeting in the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump will the discuss the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, “which is a plan that cannot be separated from the Lebanese file, especially the issue of Hezbollah’s disarmament, in addition to reaching security and economic agreements with Lebanon and Syria,” multiple sources said.

“Netanyahu will present to Trump intelligence reports claiming that Hezbollah is seeking to rebuild its military capabilities, in an attempt to obtain a U.S. green light for waging a new operation against Hezbollah,” U.S. sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper.

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Aoun, Berri and Salam want timely parliamentary elections

President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam agree that the upcoming parliamentary elections -- scheduled for May 2026 -- should be held on time, a media report said.

Aoun, Berri and Salam are insisting on timely elections, despite some calls for postponing the polls for two years, but they would agree to a “technical” postponement for two or three months, sources close to the three leaders told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.

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General Security member dies from wounds from Jadra strike

A man wounded in an Israeli strike last week south of Beirut has died of his injuries, The National News Agency said.

It identified him as a member of Lebanon's General Security agency and said "he happened to be passing at the time of the strike as he returned from service" in the capital, earlier this month.

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Cabinet approves banks financial gap law after long debate

Cabinet approved Friday a long-awaited banking draft bill that would distribute losses from the 2019 economic crisis.

Thirteen ministers voted in favor of the financial gap law amid the objection of nine ministers: three Lebanese Forces ministers, two Hezbollah ministers, Kataeb minister Adel Nassar, and ministers Tamara al-Zein (Amal), Noura Bayrakdarian (Tashnag Party), and Charles al-Hajj.

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