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Israel continues strikes on Lebanon ahead of anticipated US-Iran framework deal

While violence has declined in Lebanon since a US-Iran agreement to end the Middle East war was announced on Monday, Israeli strikes on the south have killed at least five people since the deal, according to Lebanese state media.

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00:00Israeli forces have carried out fresh airstrikes across southern Lebanon, injuring several people
00:05just days before a framework deal to end the war between the United States and Iran is signed.
00:11According to Lebanon's national news agency, precise raids targeted the Nebatia El-Favka area
00:17and the outskirts of Khwartednit alongside a drone strike on the town of Ansariyeh.
00:23While overall violence has declined across the country since the regional
00:27peace framework was announced on Monday, continued actions in South have killed at least five people.
00:33The Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah initially drew Lebanon into the conflict in early March
00:38following the killing of Iran's supreme leader, prompting a massive campaign of airstrikes
00:43and a subsequent ground invasion. The group has not claimed any fresh attacks against Israeli targets
00:49since Tuesday as the group's leader Naim Qassem prepares a significant televised address amid the
00:55ongoing peace talks. The persistent combat continues to threaten the broader diplomatic breakthrough
01:01as Iranian officials warn that any deal remains incomplete without the full withdrawal of Israeli
01:06forces from occupied Lebanese territories.

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