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00:20Another Israeli soldier has been killed near the Lebanon border,
00:24even as a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah remains officially in place.
00:31The latest death is now intensifying fears that the fragile truce is rapidly collapsing,
00:37with fresh strikes, evacuation warnings, and growing diplomatic pressure across the region.
00:43According to the Israeli military,
00:46Sergeant Major Alexander Glavaniev, aged 47,
00:49was killed during combat operations near the Israel-Lebanon border on Sunday.
00:54His death brings Israel's military losses to 18 soldiers since fighting with Hezbollah escalated in early March 2026.
01:03One Israeli civilian contractor has also been killed during the conflict.
01:08But despite the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on April 17, fighting has not stopped.
01:15Israel and Hezbollah continue exchanging fire across southern Lebanon,
01:19while Israeli airstrikes are reportedly reaching deeper into Lebanese territory.
01:25Over the weekend, some of the heaviest strikes since the truce were reported,
01:29including attacks reaching within 20 kilometers of Beirut.
01:34Lebanese authorities now say the overall death toll from Israeli strikes since March 2 has risen to 2,869 people.
01:43And notably, dozens of those deaths reportedly happened after the ceasefire officially began.
01:50As tensions rise, Lebanon's leadership is now urging direct American intervention.
01:56Lebanese President Joseph Ahn and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam separately met U.S. Ambassador Michelle Issa in Beirut,
02:04asking Washington to pressure Israel into stopping what they called ongoing violations of the ceasefire.
02:11Salam specifically called for efforts to halt continued attacks, warning that the truce risks falling apart completely if strikes continue.
02:21Meanwhile, Israel's military issued fresh evacuation warnings for nine Lebanese towns on Monday,
02:27including areas in southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa region.
02:31Those warnings suggest that more military operations could be imminent.
02:36All this comes ahead of a new round of direct talks between Lebanese and Israeli representatives scheduled in Washington later
02:43this week.
02:45Those meetings are expected to focus on maintaining the ceasefire, preventing further escalation, and avoiding a wider regional conflict.
02:53But on the ground, the reality appears very different.
02:57Despite diplomatic talks and international mediation, rockets, airstrikes, and military operations are continuing almost daily.
03:06And with casualties rising on both sides, concerns are growing that the Israel-Hezbollah conflict may once again spiral into
03:14a much larger war.
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