For now, links to SIX reports: from the Cradle, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s GAZA, IRAN and MEDIA so far, and for LEBANON 5-31-26). — MCM

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Hezbollah drone strike kills Israeli occupation soldier near historic Beaufort Castle. From the Cradle. Hezbollah resistance fighters killed an Israeli soldier and injured several others near the historic Beaufort Castle in south Lebanon today after Israeli troops occupied the castle and erected its flag above it a day earlier. READ MORE . . .

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Israel seeks Trump administration approval for wider air strike in Beirut. From Middle East Monitor. Israel has asked the United States to allow it to expand its military operations in Lebanon to include large-scale air strikes on Beirut, rather than limiting its actions to targeted assassinations, according to Israeli Channel 12. READ MORE . . .

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Iran stops exchange of messages with U.S. over Israel’s war in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Iran’s negotiating team is stopping exchanges of messages with the ​U.S. due to Israel’s ongoing bombardment and invasion of Lebanon, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported today. READ MORE . . .

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Lebanon parliament speaker says he guarantees Hezbollah’s commitment to ceasefire if Israel ends war. From Middle East Monitor. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he could guarantee that Hezbollah would fully comply with a ceasefire if Israel halted its land, sea and air military operations and stopped demolishing homes and bulldozing land in Lebanon. READ MORE . . .

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Iran says it will not ‘tolerate’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon. From Middle East Eye. The Iranian Armed Forces accused Israel of taking advantage of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire to commit what it described as “blatant aggression” against Lebanon. READ MORE . . .

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TO BE CONTINUED