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Israeli strike on Bshamoun kills 3 including child after 7 overnight raids on Dahieh

An Israeli strike on Bshamoun, south of Beirut, killed three people including a three-year-old girl on Tuesday, Lebanon's health ministry said, while strikes on the capital's southern suburbs continued throughout the night.

"The Israeli enemy raid on the town of Bshamoun in the Aley district resulted, in a preliminary toll, in the martyrdom of two citizens and the injury of five others," the ministry had earlier said in a statement.

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Netanyahu discusses Iran talks with Trump, vows continued strikes against Tehran, Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he spoke with Donald Trump, saying that the U.S. president believed U.S.-Israeli military gains in Iran could be converted into a negotiated agreement that protects Israel's interests.

"President Trump believes there is a chance to leverage the tremendous achievements of the IDF (Israeli army) and the U.S. military in order to realize the war's objectives in an agreement -- an agreement that will safeguard our vital interests," Netanyahu said in a video statement.

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Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs after warning

At least three Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, hours after the Israeli army issued a warning for residents of the area to evacuate.

Live broadcasts showed clouds of smoke over the southern suburbs, which are considered a Hezbollah stronghold and have not been hit since Friday night.

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Israel says captured two Hezbollah members in south Lebanon

A series of strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday and early Tuesday, the first attack on the Hezbollah stronghold in days, as Israel's military said it captured two members of the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon.

In a statement on Monday, the Israeli army said that "during an activity to locate weapons in southern Lebanon, (Israeli) troops identified several armed Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorists who were planning to fire an anti-tank missile", referring to the group's commando force.

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UN force says HQ struck as Hezbollah claims attacks on Israeli troops in Naqoura

The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced Monday that its headquarters in Naqoura had been hit by a projectile, probably launched by a "non-state actor", after Hezbollah declared it had targeted Israeli forces in the same town.

Since Saturday, the coastal town in Lebanon's far south on the border with Israel, has been one of the flashpoints between Hezbollah and the Israeli army.

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Israel strikes Dallafa bridge after warning

The Israeli military on Monday struck a bridge linking southern Lebanon with the eastern Bekaa region, state media reported, after warning it would hit the crossing.

The strike is part of a series of attacks on bridges over Lebanon's Litani River, located around 30 kilometers north of Israel, including the key Qasmiyeh bridge on Sunday.

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Why Israel is targeting bridges over Litani

As it engages in heated battles with Hezbollah in a number of Lebanese border villages, Israel has bombed at least five of the six principal bridges across a river dividing the country's south.

Military experts agree the strikes are an attempt to cut off the region south of the Litani river from the rest of Lebanon, but are divided on whether the move will change the course of the fighting.

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Israel orders Christian villages in south Lebanon to push displaced out

Mayors of several towns in southern Lebanon said the Israeli military had ordered them to force out the displaced who had escaped their Shia-majority towns, considered Hezbollah strongholds, during the war with Israel.

Since Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war following Iran-backed Hezbollah's March 2 rocket fire on Israel, more than a million people have been displaced by Israeli strikes.

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US-Iran peace talks: Latest developments

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that his envoys held talks with a senior official in the Iranian leadership and claimed the parties are in agreement on many points.

Trump walked back his threat to strike Iran's power plants on Monday, citing productive negotiations.

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Trump says US, Iran talks have 'major points of agreement'

President Donald Trump said Monday that there are "major points of agreement" in U.S.-Iran talks which he said must result in Tehran giving up its nuclear ambitions and enriched uranium stockpile.

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