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Senior Israeli officials have clarified that recent comments by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, which criticized a French initiative to ease tensions on the Lebanese border, do not represent the Israeli government’s official stance. At the G7 summit in Italy, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France, the United States, and Israel would collaborate to reduce escalating violence between Hezbollah and …

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on Friday that Israel will not participate in a trilateral framework proposed by France to ease tensions with Lebanon, criticizing Paris for its “hostile policies against Israel.” Gallant expressed his concerns on the social media platform X, stating, “While the State of Israel is fighting the most just war in its history, France has …

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that Moscow would halt military actions and initiate peace negotiations “immediately” if Ukraine withdraws its forces from four regions and abandons its bid to join NATO. Putin stated, “The moment Kyiv agrees to these terms, begins the troop withdrawal, and formally renounces its NATO membership aspirations, we will instantly, quite literally at that …

Washington reached out to caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Speaker Nabih Berri following Israel’s assassination of senior Hezbollah military commander Taleb Abdallah, according to a Western diplomatic source. The U.S. “emphasized the need for restraint, advising that Hezbollah should avoid any miscalculation in its response to the assassination,” the source told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. This development follows Hezbollah’s extensive …

Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at Kiryat Shmona and Kfar Szold on Friday, in retaliation for an overnight Israeli strike that killed two women and injured several civilians in southern Lebanon. Sirens blared in northern Israel on Friday morning, with police reporting munitions falling in the Kiryat Shmona area. No immediate casualties were reported. Hezbollah stated it targeted the …

U.S. President Joe Biden has indicated that a cease-fire agreement in Gaza is not imminent, despite broad international support for the American-backed proposal that has yet to gain full acceptance from either Israel or Hamas. At the Group of Seven summit in Italy, Biden confirmed that world leaders had discussed the cease-fire proposal. However, when questioned by reporters about the …

Israel has pledged a strong response to any Hezbollah aggression after the group launched a series of rockets and drones across the border for the second consecutive day on Thursday. “Israel will respond with force to all aggressions by Hezbollah,” stated Israeli government spokesman David Mencer during a press briefing. He emphasized that “whether through diplomatic efforts or otherwise, Israel …

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday dismissed claims that Israel isn’t fully committed to the cease-fire proposal with Hamas that President Joe Biden presented in late May at the White House. “Israel has put forward this proposal. It has been on the table for some time. Israel has neither contradicted nor withdrawn it,” Sullivan stated while in Italy, …