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Hussein and Zahraa, 3, displaced Lebanese twins who fled with their parents from their village of Mais al-Jabal in south Lebanon amid the ongoing Hezbollah-Israel war, play on a gun with a twisted barrel statute, symbolizing anti-violence, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo)

The need to find ways to “contain the crisis in Lebanon and finally allow us to have the peace that everyone is seeking,” Foreign Minister Giorgios Gerapetritis stressed after attending the International Conference in support of the Lebanese people and sovereignty in Paris today.

Last week, Israel submitted a document to the US outlining its terms for a diplomatic solution that would allow for the end of the war in Lebanon and the return of displaced citizens from both sides of the border to their homes, Axios reports, citing two American and two

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon and Syria have resulted in the deaths of 16 people, including the mayor of Nabatieh, a city in southern Lebanon. The strike, which occurred yesterday, also led to the destruction of the municipality building, marking the most significant attack on a Lebanese government facility since the beginning of the Israeli invasion.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Reveals Secret 21-Day Ceasefire Agreement Between Beirut and Tel Aviv – Israel Had Already Planned to “Neutralize” Hezbollah.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib revealed in an interview with CNN that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a ceasefire just days before he was killed on September 27 in an Israeli attack in Beirut. Habib referred to a US and French proposal for a 21-day ceasefire, which, according to initial reports, was supported by the Israeli government.

Türkiye's Industry and Technology Minister, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, has underscored the critical need for advancing national technology, following a mass explosion of pagers in Lebanon, an incident that the Lebanese government attributes to Israel.

"It appears that Israel has detonated explosives simultaneously in thousands of devices in Lebanon," Kacır stated.

Twelve people lost their lives in a missile attack on Saturday in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel claims the missile was fired by Hezbollah from Lebanese territory, though the Shiite group has denied involvement.

At least six people were killed and seven were wounded in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon, Palestinian officials said.

UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, put the death toll at six, and Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two children were among those wounded.

The parliament approved a presidential motion on Oct. 18 to extend the mandate of Turkish troops in Lebanon for one more year.

The mandate for deployment of Turkish Armed Forces as part of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) will be extended as of Oct. 30, 2022.