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Friday, October 30, 2026
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country in West Asia
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UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix urged the Security Council to quickly discuss UNIFIL’s future as Lebanon seeks an extension beyond the mission’s scheduled end in December 2026. Lebanese leaders say continued Israeli military presence and insecurity make peacekeepers necessary to prevent a security vacuum, while the United States opposes extending the mandate.
On September 27, 2026, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for war in the West Bank 'to do there what we did in Gaza' and to dismantle the Palestinian Authority.
The U.S. embassy in Lebanon issued a warning to American citizens on Saturday to leave the country ahead of possible “emergency situations.” The security alert recommended U.S. citizens in Lebanon make plans to leave or…
Had Hezbollah succeeded in attacking the suburbs of Tel Aviv and other areas in central Israel, Israel might have had to launch a major retaliatory attack on Lebanon. After all, Hezbollah is Lebanon . It is in complete…
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Israel-Lebanon Deal Revives Focus on Lost Jewish Community
Israel freed five Lebanese civilians after Beirut helped seek Jewish leaders killed in the 1980s; about 20 Jews remain from a community once as large as 20,000.
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