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G20 urges ‘comprehensive’ ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, calls for return of hostages * PM reportedly asked Shin Bet to declare it unsafe for him to testify in criminal trial ...

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein landed in Beirut on Tuesday for talks with officials on a truce between armed group Hezbollah and ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to resolve the Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office and help Israel ...

Smoke was seen rising from the strike in the densely populated Zuqaq al-Blat neighbourhood, near the central Beirut district where the Lebanese government is headquartered ...

This marked an important shift: it suggests that Israeli leaders decided they wanted to actively reshape the balance of power ...

Israel has staged three strikes in two days against central Beirut, after weeks of air raids hitting the city's southern suburbs.

STORY: Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Israel, a top Lebanese official told Reuters on Monday, as Beirut residents grapple with intensifying Israeli ...

Israel continues strikes across Lebanon -- including intense attacks in Beirut -- amid a renewed cease-fire push.