Israel strikes Lebanon as 380 reported killed since April 17 ceasefire
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“Israel hammered south Lebanon with strikes on Tuesday”
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The Oman Observer explicitly reports that Israel hammered south Lebanon with strikes on Tuesday. This is further corroborated by web search results mentioning Israeli air strikes killing people in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
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— Host Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute, talks with leading thinkers to unpack current events affecting Jewish communities in North America, Israel, and around the world ...
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— 2 days ago · Israel is a country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Jerusalem is the seat of government and the proclaimed capital, although the latter status has…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Israel
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— The names Land of Israel and Children of Israel have historically been used to refer to the biblical Kingdom of Israel and the entire Jewish people respectively.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
“Beirut reported 380 people killed in Israeli attacks since an April 17 ceasefire took effect”
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The Oman Observer reports that Beirut reported 380 people killed in Israeli attacks since an April 17 ceasefire took effect.
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— Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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— This is a list of assassinations in Lebanon and nearby countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations_in_Leba…
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— 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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“talks between the two countries in Washington [on] Thursday and Friday”
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Two independent Al Jazeera reports confirm that Lebanon and Israel are scheduled for direct talks in Washington on Thursday and Friday.
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— 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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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
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— Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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“the US had called for its [Hezbollah's] disarmament”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the US has pressed Lebanon for Hezbollah's disarmament and presented proposals to achieve this by the end of the year.
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— On 27 September 2024, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. The strike took place while Hezbollah leaders were meeting at a headquar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Hezbollah_headquarters_st…
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary wing that has been banned by the Lebanese government since March 2026, amid Israel's war on Lebanon. Hezbollah's param…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah
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“Under the truce terms released by Washington, Israel reserves the right to act against imminent threats”
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While evidence discusses various ceasefires (Iran, 2024 Lebanon agreement), there is no specific evidence in the provided text confirming the exact 'truce terms' released by Washington regarding Israel's right to act against imminent threats.
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— Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— Military relations between Israel and the United States have been extremely close, reflecting shared security interests in the Middle East. Israel is designated as a major non-NATO ally by the U.S. go…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–United_States_military_…
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— Since the 1960s, the relationship between Israel and the United States has grown into a close alliance in economic, strategic and military aspects. The U.S. has provided strong support for Israel; it …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–United_States_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–United_States_relations
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“Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed 13 people in the south”
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Web search results explicitly state that Lebanon's health ministry reported 13 people killed in Israeli strikes in the south on Tuesday.
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— The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
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— A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began in September 2024 following nearly 12 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_war
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— On 27 November 2024, a ceasefire agreement was signed by Israel, Lebanon, and five mediating countries, including the United States. Hezbollah attacked Israel on 8 October 2023, leading to a year of c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israel–Lebanon_ceasefire_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israel–Lebanon_ceasefire_…
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“including two rescuers responding to an earlier raid in the city of Nabatieh and a wounded person they went to save”
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Web search results specifically confirm that two paramedics from the Lebanese Civil Defense were killed and a third was injured in Nabatieh while responding to an earlier raid.
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— After Israel’s withdrawal in 1985 Nabatieh was on the edge of the so-called security zone. On 24 August 1989 an IAF air strike on Ain Abu Suwar near Nabatieh killed nine people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabatieh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabatieh
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— Israeli air strikes have killed at least 13 people in southern Lebanon, state media say, where a ceasefire has failed to stop the war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21j3xl72zo
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— On Tuesday afternoon, Lebanon's health ministry said two paramedics from the state-run Lebanese Civil Defense emergency service were killed and a third was injured in an Israeli strike on Nabatieh, as…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21j3xl72zo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21j3xl72zo
“Hezbollah has also been carrying out attacks, including several on Tuesday, both against Israeli troops who have invaded south Lebanon and across the border”
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Multiple sources (Sputnik and other web results) confirm Hezbollah conducted operations on Tuesday against Israeli forces both in southern Lebanon and across the border, including drone attacks.
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— Beirut: Israel hammered south Lebanon with strikes on Tuesday ahead of talks between the two countries in Washington, as Beirut reported 380 people killed in Israeli attacks since an April 17 ceasefir…
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1189551/world/region/isr…
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1189551/world/region/isr…
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— The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah conducted a series of operations on Tuesday against Israeli occupation forces, including a drone attack that targeted a strategic Israeli base near Tabara…
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-drone…
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-drone…
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— lebanon, hezbollah, israel, middle east, attacks, missile attacks.MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Lebanese movement Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it had carried out 20 military operations against the Israeli …
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260512/hezbollah-launches-20-atta…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260512/hezbollah-launches-20-atta…
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