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People near Israeli army base shaken by Hezbollah drone attack

People living near an Israeli army base hit by a Hezbollah drone strike described a loud explosion then multiple ambulances arriving, as fresh rocket fire and air raid sirens sent them rushing to shelters on Monday. Four soldiers were killed Sunday night by a Hezbollah drone at the base in the Binyamina area -- the deadliest strike on Israeli soil since the war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group intensified last month.Emergency services that helped transport the wounded to hospital said more than 60 were injured.
Source: Al Monitor
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Iran says 'no grounds' for indirect talks with US

Iran said Monday it currently sees "no grounds" for its indirect talks with the United States via intermediary Oman, citing the crisis in the Middle East.In June, Tehran said it had engaged in indirect talks with Washington via Muscat, despite the two countries having no diplomatic relations. US news website Axios reported at the time that officials from Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman "on how to avoid escalating regional attacks".
Source: Al Monitor
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Lebanon rescuers defy danger, lack of resources to keep working

When volunteer Lebanese rescue worker Aya Wehbeh was called to respond to a rare Israeli strike in central Beirut last week, she was terrified it had hit her family home."This period is really tough," the 25-year-old said days after the twin strikes on the Nweiri and Basta districts of the capital left at least 22 dead."I could have ended up pulling my mother, father, aunt or neighbour from the rubble," she said."I've been volunteering for five years but this ongoing offensive in very different from the other years."
Source: Al Monitor
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Lebanese Red Cross says 18 killed in strike in north

The Lebanese Red Cross said 18 people died in a strike on north Lebanon on Monday, with the health ministry and official media reporting an Israeli raid on the Christian-majority area far from Hezbollah strongholds.A Lebanese security official told AFP the building "housed families displaced from Lebanon's south, and was targeted shortly after a man had arrived in a car".He requested anonymity to discuss sensitive matters."Eighteen dead and four wounded in the strike on Aito," the Red Cross said, referring to a village in the Christian-majority Zgharta district.
Source: Al Monitor
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