Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Lebanon
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- Israeli strikes on south Beirut and its suburbs killed at least four people on Sunday, wounding 39 in the Jnah neighbourhood, where one strike landed about 100 metres from a public hospital.
- Israeli attacks on Lebanon's south the same day killed seven people, including a family of six.
- The strikes came a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon's main border crossing with Syria, forcing it to close.
- Hezbollah claimed it fired a cruise missile at an Israeli warship off the coast; the Israeli military said it was "not aware" of such an incident.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reiterated a call for negotiations with Israel in a televised address, warning he wanted to spare southern Lebanon from destruction on the scale seen in Gaza.
- Israel had launched air strikes and a ground offensive against Hezbollah, the report said.
Why it matters: Lebanon's sitting president publicly framed Israeli military operations as a potential replay of Gaza, while a denied Hezbollah warship claim highlights the fog of competing narratives — together these raise the diplomatic and military stakes for any future negotiation between the two sides.
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