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Lebanon Conditions Talks on Truce Compliance as Strikes Kill Four

Aoun conditions direct talks on full Israeli compliance with the ceasefire.

Overview

  • The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people and injured 51 despite the ceasefire.
  • AFP’s tally, based on ministry figures, put deaths in Lebanon since the mid-April truce at at least 40.
  • President Joseph Aoun said direct talks with Israel will proceed only if Israel fully observes the US-brokered truce that President Donald Trump extended for three weeks.
  • Lebanon’s state news agency reported about a dozen airstrikes in the south and said Israeli forces destroyed homes and hold a strip of Lebanese territory along the border.
  • Israel’s defense minister warned of serious consequences for Hezbollah after the group rejected talks and claimed fresh attacks, including on an army bulldozer in Bint Jbeil.