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According to reports from Arab and Israeli media, Israel has informed U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein that it opposes France’s involvement in the monitoring committee overseeing any ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. U.S. sources indicated to Israel’s Channel 12 that Israel and Lebanon are close to reaching an agreement that could be finalized in a matter of days. Lebanese officials told Sky …

A Western official denied Ukraine’s claim on November 21 that Russia had launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from its Astrakhan region. The official clarified that the missile was actually a ballistic missile aimed at Dnipro in southeastern Ukraine. The missile strike may be in response to Ukraine’s recent use of US and British missiles to target Russian positions. Moscow …

Following two meetings with Speaker Nabih Berri and an evening of intensive talks at the U.S. embassy involving Berri’s aide Ali Hamdan and members of the U.S. delegation, U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein announced that the agreements reached should be acceptable to Israel, according to Al-Akhbar newspaper. The nightly discussions were reportedly accompanied by phone consultations between Israeli officials and members …

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri expressed optimism after his second meeting with U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein on Wednesday, stating that Lebanon has done its part to ensure the agreement’s success. In an interview with al-Liwaa newspaper, Berri explained that Hochstein’s extended stay in Beirut was due to ongoing efforts over the past two weeks, culminating in detailed discussions over the last …

Renewed airstrikes targeted southern Beirut on Thursday following warnings from the Israeli military for residents to evacuate the area. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, there were three intense strikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood, adding to the three strikes that occurred in the early hours of the morning. U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein was in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, …

On Wednesday, the Israeli military reported that three soldiers, including a 70-year-old, were killed in southern Lebanon amid ongoing clashes with Hezbollah since late September following a year of cross-border hostilities. The army identified two soldiers killed in the same incident, one of whom was 70-year-old reservist Ze’ev ‘Jabo’ Hanoch Erlich. Earlier on Wednesday, it had announced the death of …

Israeli airstrikes in the Syrian city of Palmyra resulted in the deaths of 71 pro-Iran operatives, with more than a third identified as fighters from Iraq and Lebanon, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday. Among the casualties were 45 members of pro-Iran Syrian groups, 26 foreign fighters—primarily from Iraq’s Al-Nujaba movement—and four from Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The …

On Tuesday, four United Nations peacekeepers were injured in southern Lebanon after a rocket hit their base. Another peacekeeping base was also struck by rockets, and a patrol came under fire. The UN’s peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, reported that a rocket, likely launched by non-state actors in Lebanon, hit the Ghanaian contingent’s base near Ramyah village in the east. Four peacekeepers …