NOTE: Please see access note on any Dec. 12 entry below.

For today, links to five reports: from the Cradle and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (Scroll down for LEBANON 12-12-25 and for today’s GAZA and UKRAINE.) — MCM

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Deadly Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon as Hezbollah rejects disarmament. From the Cradle. At least three people were killed in southern Lebanon today in Israeli drone attacks targeting multiple villages, one day after Hezbollah’s Secretary-General vowed that the resistance would not surrender its arms. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli army says struck three Hezbollah members in South Lebanon. From AFP. The Israeli military said it targeted three members of Hezbollah in South Lebanon today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for later AFP report in French, and HERE for headlines of others.

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FROM DEC. 13  Hezbollah: Syria not a model for Lebanon, weapons will not be taken to fulfill Israel’s demands. From the Cradle. Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the resistance is willing to cooperate fully with the Lebanese Armed Forces but emphasized that it is not ready “for any framework that . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM DEC. 12  Lebanese FM says Beirut warned Israel preparing ‘large-scale assault.’ From the Cradle. Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji said on Friday that Beirut has received warnings that Israel is preparing a large-scale attack on Lebanon, and that Lebanon is “intensifying” diplomatic contacts in order to prevent war. READ MORE . . .

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