US to host new round of Israel-Lebanon talks
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Ali Fayyad's comments came just one day after President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel’s military will widen its ground campaign in southern Lebanon
Israel says it's creating a "security zone" inside Lebanon, where homes will be demolished, and residents won't be allowed to return home until people in northern Israel feel safe.
Israel has said it will seize a chunk of southern Lebanon to create a "buffer zone" against Hezbollah militants, stoking fears among Lebanese of Israeli military occupation that could deepen instability and stoke further displacement.
The images of the soldier swinging an ax into the fallen statue of Jesus on the cross in the southern Lebanese village of Debel had sparked widespread condemnation, in Lebanon and internationally.
Israel is creating what it calls a buffer zone in southern Lebanon for a prolonged military occupation, with low expectations that direct talks with Lebanon will lead to quick action on disarming Hezbollah.
On Easter Sunday, Israel carried out a fresh wave of airstrikes on Lebanon. The city of Tyre, like much of Lebanon’s south, has been placed under forced evacuation orders by the Israeli army. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn and videographer Adrian Hartrick traveled to Tyre and report.
Footage on Wednesday showed widespread destruction in parts of southern Lebanon following Israel's invasion of the area to carry out military operations against Hezbollah.