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Israeli warplanes strike Baraashit and Beit Yahoun in south Lebanon

Israeli warplanes targeted Thursday at dawn the outskirts of Baraashit and Beit Yahoun in south Lebanon.

On Wednesday, the Israeli military said it killed three Hezbollah members in Beit Yahoun.

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Israel says killed three Hezbollah members in south Lebanon

The Israeli military said it killed three Hezbollah members in south Lebanon, shortly after U.S.-sponsored Israel-Lebanon negotiations were held in Rome.

"Earlier today, IDF soldiers identified three armed Hezbollah terrorists in the area of Beit Yahoun, located within the Security Zone in southern Lebanon," the Israeli military said Wednesday in a statement.

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Israel tells Pentagon chief will keep troops in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza 'security zones'

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz told his U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth early Thursday that Israel is determined to keep its forces in "security zones" it has carved out inside Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, Katz's office said the two men spoke overnight and the minister "emphasized Israel's determination to remain in the security zones in Syria, Gaza, and Lebanon in order to protect Israel's borders and the communities near the border from the threats posed by jihadist forces".

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Lebanon, Israel agree 'structure and guidelines for pilot zone process'

The talks between Lebanon and Israel have concluded in Rome and there is a possibility of another round of virtual military talks between the two countries on Friday to discuss the implementation of pilot zones, media reports said on Wednesday.

"Talks concluded after two days of productive and positive discussions," a U.S. official said in a statement shared by the U.S. embassy in Beirut, adding that the participants "agreed on the structure and guidelines for the pilot zone process, to be finalized and implemented in the coming days".

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Trump says Israeli pullout from 'parts of' Lebanon 'would be good'

U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that he would like to see Israel withdraw from “parts of Lebanon.”

Asked by Fox News whether he wants to see Israeli forces withdraw from southern Lebanon, Trump said: “Well, redeploy is another word, because we’re getting along very well with Lebanon. Israel is dealing with them very nicely – first time in many, many years.”

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Lebanese parliament to discuss sweeping amnesty bill

Lebanon's parliament commenced a legislative session on Wednesday to discuss and vote on several bills, including an amnesty law that could cover swathes of prisoners.

More than 40 draft laws will be discussed and voted on in the two-day session, the most prominent being the abolition of the death penalty, which has not been carried out in years, and the amnesty.

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Report: Trump tells Netanyahu to move forces out of Syria and Lebanon

U.S. President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call last Thursday that Israel should start redeploying its forces out of Syria and urged him to do the same in Lebanon, U.S. and Israeli officials told U.S. news portal Axios.

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Fadlallah says Hezbollah pinning hope on Iran-US talks despite escalation

MP Hassan Fadlallah of Hezbollah on Wednesday noted that the latest Israeli war on Lebanon was “premeditated and planned” in advance, suggesting that Israel attacked south Lebanon to “occupy and destroy the area south of the Litani River, seize it, expel its inhabitants, and establish settlements, just as the enemy did in Palestine and in 1967 in the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights.”

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Baabda reports progress, says pilot zones within 'days or hours'

Progress was achieved Wednesday in the Lebanese-Israeli talks in Rome and the implementation of the so-called pilot zones in south Lebanon will begin within days or hours, Baabda sources said.

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Israel blows up houses in south Lebanon, fires at residents

Israeli forces carried out huge detonations at dawn and in the morning in a number of valleys and homes in the southern towns of Beit Yahoun, Khiam and al-Qantara.

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