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The IDF said it carried out a drone attack against a rocket launcher of Hezbollah that was spotted in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon earlier today.

The launcher “posed a threat to the State of Israel and violated agreements between Israel and Lebanon,” the Israeli military said.

After a ceasefire with Hezbollah went into effect early this morning in Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Kats said that the “ultimate goal” is the release of hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip.

World leaders have welcomed a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which came into force on Wednesday morning (0200 GMT)

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has warned that humanity has never been so close to the "clash of civilizations," adding that this is "a warning for humanity."

"We have never been this close to the clash of civilizations in real terms, there is a warning for humanity," said Fidan during his address at the 10th U.N. Alliance of Civilization Initiative Meeting in Portugal.

The IDF has advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that now is the appropriate time to implement a ceasefire in Lebanon, Channel 12 reported on Monday, citing a close associate of the Israeli Prime Minister.

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers, including Greek-Americans Gus Bilirakis and Nicole Malliotakis, plan to send a letter on Thursday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, requesting a classified briefing on Turkey's alleged support for Hamas.

On Monday the US warned Turkey against hosting Hamas leadership after reports emerged that some Hamas leaders had moved to Turkey from Qatar, with State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller saying Washington will make it clear to Ankara that there can be no more business as usual with Hamas.

At the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, world leaders issued a joint statement calling for "comprehensive" ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as a "just and durable peace" for the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war. This declaration follows Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which reached its 1000th day.

"What I fear is that if there is such an attack, it will again create retaliation from Iran and then the war will continue," Ambassador (ret.) Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, the former acting NATO secretary-general, tells Kathimerini in an interview.

In the midst of the government crisis, the 66-year-old chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, received today (5/11) in Berlin the president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohammed.