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Israel strike kills one in Lebanon: ministry

An Israeli strike killed one person in southern Lebanon on Friday, the Lebanese health ministry said, with Israel accusing the slain man of being a Hezbollah intelligence operative.The latest attack, despite a November ceasefire, comes a day after Israeli strikes killed seven people in the eastern Bekaa Valley, two of them members of leftist militant group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).The man killed in Friday's strike, Mohammad Shahadeh, ran a local news website and colleagues took to social media to offer their condolences to his family.
Source: Al Monitor
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Netanyahu says Israel's goal is not to take over Gaza, but free Gaza from Hamas

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Israel's goal is not to take over Gaza, but to free Gaza from Hamas and enable a peaceful government to be established there, the prime minister's office said on X. Netanyahu expressed his disappointment with Berlin's decision to suspend weapons exports to Israel during the phone call with Merz on Friday, the office added. (Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
Source: Al Monitor
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