BEIRUT: Hezbollah's leader delivered a defiant speech on Wednesday (Nov 20) saying Israel cannot impose its conditions for a truce, as US envoy Amos Hochstein headed from Lebanon to Israe
Smoke rises from the site of an Israel i airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese border village of Khiam on Nov 20, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah . BEIRUT: Hezbollah 's leader delivered a defiant speech on Wednesday saying Israel cannot impose its conditions for a truce, as US envoy Amos Hochstein headed from
In the latest reported attack, the Syrian defence ministry said 36 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in israeli strikes on the oasis city of Palmyra. Hochstein had on Tuesday said an end to the war was"within our grasp", while a diplomat in Lebanon told AFP that he had studied some modifications to the US truce plan with Lebanese officials.
Israel has also sent ground troops into southern Lebanon, where it said Tuesday one soldier had been killed in combat and three others wounded. Lebanese Army Intelligence members inspect an army position that was damaged in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday night, in Sarafand, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov 20, 2024. While not engaged in the ongoing war, the Lebanese army has reported 18 fatalities from among its ranks since September 23.
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