Lebanon

Florian Gillet, a 21-year-old first-class soldier, died on Wednesday after being hit by an accidental shot during training preparation in southern Lebanon.

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The French president said Thursday that France supported the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel announced in Washington and stood ready to help monitor it.

A ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect on Thursday at 23:00 Paris time, announced by US President Donald Trump following talks with the leaders of both nations. Heavy gunfire from automatic weapons and RPGs erupted shortly after in Beirut's southern suburb, a Hezbollah stronghold. No Israeli airstrikes were reported in the following hour.

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Israel will lift its nationwide emergency state starting early morning following an agreement with Lebanon, the army announced. Citizens are urged to end restrictions and schools to reopen.

The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week pause in fighting intended to open space for negotiations, but Israel continued — and expanded — airstrikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, highlighting uncertainty over whether the truce was meant to cover conflicts beyond U.S.-Iran hostilities.

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French President Emmanuel Macron urged his US counterpart Donald Trump and Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday to extend the recently agreed ceasefire with Iran to Lebanon. He described this extension as a necessary condition for a credible and durable agreement. The calls come after Israeli strikes on Beirut that killed at least 182 people and injured 890, according to Lebanon's health ministry.