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Israel strikes Lebanon as ceasefire talks teeter

Israeli attacks on Beirut have killed hundreds in what the Financial Times describes as one of the deadliest episodes in Lebanon's modern history, threatening a fragile US-Iran ceasefire and drawing Trump into direct pressure on Netanyahu to allow peace talks. Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has stated Iran "seeks compensation, not war," while Lebanon's hospitals warn of critical supply shortages. Netanyahu has publicly declared there is no ceasefire in Lebanon even as his government authorises exploratory talks.

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