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CSB News USA · 4:28 PM
An Israeli airstrike on the historic southern Lebanese port city of Tyre killed at least eight people on Tuesday, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry
An Israeli airstrike on the historic southern Lebanese port city of Tyre killed at least eight people on Tuesday, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. Although Israel and Iran halted direct attacks on each other on Monday following an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump, Tehran warned that it would resume hostilities if Israel continued attacking its ally, Hezbollah, in Lebanon. Israeli strikes on Tyre, among the deadliest attacks on the city since fighting began in March, came after an evacuation order covering the entire city. Lebanese state media reported that rescue teams were still searching through the rubble for survivors. Lebanon Campaign Complicates Peace Efforts Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Lebanon has become a major obstacle to efforts by the Trump administration to transform the fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire into a broader and more durable regional settlement. Iran has repeatedly stated that any long-term peace agreement with the United States must include an end to Israeli military operations in Lebanon. Israel, however, maintains that its campaign against Hezbollah is a separate…
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