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Israel strikes kill several in Lebanon despite truce

France24 · · 73 words · By Video by FRANCE
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“Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday”
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Three independent web search results (Euronews, Al Jazeera, and another news source) all confirm that Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, amid deadly ground clashes close to the country’s southern border.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/world/middleeast/heavy-st…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least thirty-nine people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hez…
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/10/at-least-39-killed-in-fr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon and the capital, Beirut, have killed at least 14 people, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria, forcing its closure.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/5/at-least-14-people-k…
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“killing at least nine people in the south according to authorities”
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There is a significant contradiction in the death toll reported by different sources for the same event: The Guardian and The Hindu report 'at least nine people', while Euronews reports 'at least thirty-nine people' and Al Jazeera reports 'at least 14 people'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Lebanon war covers the period from 2 March 2026, when Hezbollah fired projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon following the start of the 2026 Iran war, to the present.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Lebanon_w…
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“raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hezbollah's traditional strongholds”
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The specific detail regarding raids targeting a highway near Beirut outside of traditional Hezbollah strongholds is reported by both The Hindu and Euronews.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hezbollah originated within the Shiite block of Lebanese society. According to the CIA World Factbook estimate in 2022, Shiites comprise 31.2 percent of Lebanon's population, predominating in three ar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hezbollah
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“a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah”
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Only The Guardian mentions a 'three-week-old ceasefire'. Other sources (Wikipedia, Politico) mention ceasefire proposals or a 'tenuous ceasefire' in the context of the 2026 Iran war, but they do not confirm a specific three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian confli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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