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Mourners at commander's funeral express loyalty to Hezbollah

Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon turned out in force Sunday for the funeral of a top commander killed in an Israeli air strike, in a major show of support for the Iran-backed group.Hezbollah has hailed commander Ibrahim Aqil as "one of its great leaders", saying the 61-year-old died in an "Israeli assassination... in Beirut's southern suburbs" on Friday.Aqil headed Hezbollah's elite Radwan unit, and had been on a US sanctions list for nearly a decade.Israel said Friday's "targeted strike" killed Aqil and several other commanders in the Radwan Force.
Source: Al Monitor
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Iran's new president calls Israel warmonger as he seeks talks with West

Iran's new president on Monday accused Israel of seeking regional war, as he attempted to cast Tehran as restrained and appealed to the West for talks on flashpoint issues.President Masoud Pezeshkian, inaugurated in late July as a reformist within the cleric-run state, was visiting the United Nations as Israel steps up strikes in Lebanon on the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah, following a wave of explosions on handheld communication devices.
Source: Al Monitor
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