BEIRUT: US special envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday (Nov 19) for talks with officials on a truce plan, which Lebanon has largely endorsed, to halt the Israel-
The United States and France have, which escalated after nearly a year of deadly exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel i troops.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would continue to conduct military operations against Hezbollah even if a ceasefire is reached."We will be forced to ensure our security in the north and to systematically carry out operations against Hezbollah's attacks ... even after a ceasefire", to keep the group from rebuilding, he said.
A strike on Monday on central Beirut killed five people and wounded 31 others, said the health ministry.
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