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The golden pager gift from Benjamin Netanyahu to Donald Trump.

‘Great operation’ behind Trump’s golden pager gift from Netanyahu

The US president responded by giving the Israeli prime minister a photo of the two men from the latter’s US visit, inscribed: “To Bibi, a great leader.”

  • Lilia Sebouai and Jotam Confino

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Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is sworn in.

Lebanon finally has a new president. It ends a two-year vacuum but his challenge is huge

Hezbollah, relations with Israel, and a five-year economic crisis are just some of the problems for the country which was heavily targeted by Israel’s bombing last year.

  • Mohamad El Chamaa and Suzan Haidamous
A kibbutz member returns to a destroyed house in Upper Galilee, Israel, near the Lebanese border, on Monday.

Rekindled border dispute blamed for deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Israel has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people overnight.

  • Natalie Meltzer and Sally About Aljoud
A statue of Hafez Assad falls in Aleppo.

What’s behind the Syrian offensive?

The surge in fighting has raised the prospect of another violent front reopening in the Middle East.

  • Ellen Knickmeyer
Displaced residents react as they return to find the rubble of their destroyed house in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, on Thursday.

Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire

It also said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon because they were violating the truce.

  • Kareen Chehayeb and Julia Frankel
People celebrate after the ceasefire.

Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon begins

The Lebanon ceasefire agreement requires Israeli troops to withdraw from south Lebanon and Lebanon’s army to deploy in the region, officials say.

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Manessa Ali, 10, in the aftermath of the October 5 Israeli strike on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut.

In a region that has seen too much bloodshed, this fragile truce is better than none

Despite the Lebanon ceasefire, the idea of permanent peace seems optimistic, and there is still no end to the war in Gaza, where the situation may become more deadly.

  • Matthew Knott
A tactical victory for Israel, but this does not guarantee peace with Lebanon, let alone Hezbollah.

Israel’s won the tactical battle in Lebanon, but Hezbollah will use ceasefire to rebuild

Achieving a ceasefire is a good thing. But the reality is that this is simply likely to be another pause in the ongoing conflicts in the region.

  • Rodger Shanahan
A missile fired from Lebanon hit this area in Petah Tikva on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.

Hezbollah rockets reach Tel Aviv area in the heart of Israel

The Lebanon-based group fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in the heaviest barrage in weeks.

  • Abby Sewell and Bassem Mroue
A man screams in front a fire erupting inside a computer shop hit during an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut.

Israeli strikes kill Hezbollah spokesman in Beirut, dozens in Gaza

Mohammed Afif had been especially visible after all-out war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah in September.

  • Fadi Tawil, Bassem Mroue and Wafaa Shurafa

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