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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, and Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam regarding what he described as a "very worrying" situation in Lebanon. Macron stated that he reaffirmed the need for Hezbollah to immediately cease its attacks against Israel and beyond, warning that what he called a strategy of escalation constitutes a major mistake that endangers the entire region. At the same time, Macron said he urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to preserve Lebanon’s territorial integrity and to refrain from launching a ground offensive. He stressed...

BREAKING: Israel says IDF ground forces are "expanding their activity" in Gaza shortly Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone Follow ⚠️ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAYS WE CALL ON RESIDENTS OF GAZA CITY TO MOVE SOUTH 12

A thought experiment — Imagine that Hamas announces it will immediately cease and desist from firing missiles into Israel, that there will be no more such attacks in the future, and that it will release Gilad Shalit, the Israel soldier kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago and held incommunicado ever since - with not even the Red Cross allowed to see him. What would happen then? Moderate Israelis would pressure their government to make a reciprocal gesture — to stop the air attacks on Hamas' command and control centers, release Palestinian terrorists from Israeli jails and get serious peace talks under...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli defense officials said Saturday that ground forces are crossing the Gaza border. Artillery units joined Israel's Gaza offensive for the first time Saturday, while warplanes and gunboats pounded more than 40 Hamas targets and a mosque where 10 people were killed.