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Building collapses in Mansourieh, several residents under rubble

A five-story building collapsed Monday in the northern Metn town of Mansourieh, trapping several residents under the rubble.

Civil Defense chief Raymond Khattar said three residents were rescued unhurt while two were still under the rubble. MP Razi al-Hajj meanwhile said he has a list with the names of six citizens and a foreign domestic worker who are still under the rubble according to his sources.

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Hezbollah attacks Israeli posts in response to killing of journalist, civilians

Hezbollah staged an attack on Sunday morning against Israeli military posts on Lebanon's border, drawing Israeli retaliatory fire.

Hezbollah said it shelled Israeli military positions in the northern Israeli border settlement of Shtula. The group said in a statement the attack was in retaliation for Israeli shelling that killed Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah on Friday and two Lebanese civilians on Saturday.

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Elderly man and wife killed in Israeli shelling on Shebaa home

Two Lebanese civilians were killed in Israeli shelling of the southern village of Shebaa on Saturday, its mayor told AFP, as border tensions rise over Israel's war with Hamas.

"A man and his wife have been killed in their home by Israeli shelling," mayor Mohammad Harb told AFP.

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Hezbollah attacks Israeli posts in occupied Shebaa Farms, Israel responds

Hezbollah on Saturday attacked four Israeli military posts in the occupied Shebaa Farms and Kfarshouba Hills.

Israel immediately responded by shelling nearby border areas.

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Israel says drone killed militants trying to cross from Lebanon

Israeli forces on Saturday said they had killed several "terrorists" trying to cross from Lebanon amid heightened tensions and after repeated cross-border shelling.

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Israeli army says 'very sorry' for journalist's death in Lebanon

The Israeli army said Saturday it was "very sorry" for the death of a Reuters journalist killed when Israel fired a missile, reportedly from an Apache helicopter, at a group of journalists who were covering the events on the Lebanese border.

"We are very sorry for the journalist's death," military spokesman Richard Hecht told reporters when asked about the killing of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah on Friday.

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Iran FM says Nasrallah 'pragmatic', threatens 'quake' response against Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Saturday that anti-Israel militant groups in the region are “fully ready” to respond to any move by Israel.

The minister spoke in Beirut at the end of a tour that took him to Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, where Iran enjoys wide influence and where tens of thousands of Iran-backed fighters are deployed.

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Israeli shelling on Lebanon border kills Reuters journalist, wounds 6 others

A Reuters journalist of the Lebanese nationality was killed when an Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon on Friday. Six other journalists were wounded.

"We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed," Reuters said, adding that, he "was part of a Reuters crew in southern Lebanon."

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Israel shells south Lebanon after Palestinian inflitration bid, Hezbollah retaliates

Israel shelled a border region in southern Lebanon on Friday, two Lebanese security sources said, after a blast occurred on the border fence, according to the Israeli army.

One of the security sources said the shelling followed an infiltration attempt from the Lebanese side of the border, while the Israeli army said it was responding to a blast that caused "light damage" to the border barrier.

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Report: TotalEnergies finds no gas in Block 9's drilling site

French oil giant TotalEnergies has informed Lebanon’s Energy Ministry and the Lebanese Petroleum Administration that no gas was found in the first well that was drilled in Lebanon’s offshore Block 9, a media report said.

“Drilling in the well in Block 9 ended after only water was found at a depth of 3,900 meters, and accordingly there is no use from continuing the drilling to a depth of 4,200 meters,” LBCI television reported.

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