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Hezbollah leader urges Lebanon’s government to cancel Israel talks as battle rages in strategic town
Kassem also slammed Lebanon’s government for criminalizing Hezbollah’s military activities and the ongoing diplomatic approach with Israel, saying “it did not take us any step forward,” as well as the government’s decision to expel Iran’s ambassador from the country and criminalize the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s presence.
As concerns mount that Israel’s parallel war with Lebanon could jeopardize progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations, here’s what to know about the conflict, its key players, and the steeped history behind the clashes.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 18 people across southern LebanonLebanon’s Health Ministry says more than 2,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since March 2.
An Israeli strike near the entrance to Red Cross offices in the coastal city of Tyre in southern Lebanon killed a wounded person who was being transported to the centre, damaging several Red Cross vehicles and shattering the centre's windows on Monday.
Israel says the truce with Iran does not cover Lebanon. But Tehran says it does, and it has threatened to pull out of peace talks unless the bombing stops.
Israeli attacks on Lebanon are "wrong" and "should stop", Sir Keir Starmer has said during a three-day visit to the Gulf region. Speaking to ITV's Talking Politics podcast, the prime minister said it was "a matter of principles" rather than a "technical" question over whether the strikes breached Tuesday's ceasefire deal with Iran.
Follow real-time developments as the US-Israel war with Iran intensifies through a major maritime escalation, with Washington enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports while diplomatic efforts continue in parallel.
BEIRUT – A spokesperson for Lebanon's health ministry told Reuters that Israel's strikes across Lebanon on Wednesday had killed "89 martyrs and wounded 700 people." The spokesperson said 12 medics were among the dead in southern Lebanon.
Israel’s military said it killed more than 250 Hezbollah militants and commanders last Wednesday in its largest single wave of attacks in Lebanon since the start of operations, hitting targets throughout Beirut,