Israeli forces strike villages in southern, eastern Lebanon
Israeli warplanes launched air strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, targeting a string of villages, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reports.
NNA said Israeli warplanes fired four rockets targeting an area between the towns of Jbaa, Zhalta, and Snaya near the Jezzine area in southern Lebanon.
In the Bekaa Valley’s Baalbek district in eastern Lebanon, NNA reported that Israeli warplanes targeted an area in the village of Janta.
A US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah began on November 27, but both sides have accused the other of repeated violations. Israel has launched near-daily strikes, mostly in southern Lebanon, that have killed scores of people since the deal took effect.
Houthi media says new US attacks on Yemen
Al Masirah TV TV, closely associated with the Yemeni rebel group, says four US air raids hit the al-Kathib area of the port city of Hodeidah, in the western part of the country.
The US resumed heavy attacks on Yemen this week in response to the Houthis’ resumption of attacks on maritime targets in the Red Sea, in what the group says is sympathy with Palestinians in Gaza.
US, Israel to hold talks on Iran next week: Report
US and Israeli officials will hold talks on Iran’s nuclear programme at the White House next week, the news site Axios reports.
Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi will be part of Israel’s delegation, which will include senior members of Israel’s National Security Council, the military, the Mossad (intelligence agency), the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission.
The US team will be led by Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and representatives from the State Department, Pentagon and the US intelligence community.
The meeting will be the first, since Trump took office, for the US-Israel Strategic Consultative Group, the most senior forum for US-Israeli discussion on Iran’s nuclear programme.
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