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For now, links to FIVE reports: from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and the Cradle; others or just headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA and UKRAINE so far, and down for LEBANON 6-28-26.) — MCM
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Lebanon president tells U.S. commander will exert sovereignty over all country’s territory. From AFP. BEIRUT — Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun today told the head of U.S. forces in the Middle East that Beirut intended to assert its sovereignty over the entire country, with the army deployed right up to the Israeli border. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for similar AFP report in French via Le Temps.
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Lebanese parliament speaker vows Israel deal ‘will not pass.’ From the Cradle. Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker and head of the Amal Movement, Nabih Berri, said on 29 June that the new US-brokered agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv – reached in violation of Lebanese law – “will not be implemented.” READ MORE . . .
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Israel deal may entrench stalemate rather than end war, analysts say, by Samia Nakhoul | Reuters BEIRUT — A security deal between Israel and Lebanon risks entrenching a stalemate rather than resolving Israel’s underlying conflict with Hezbollah by tying Israel’s pullout from southern Lebanon to the Iran-aligned group’s disarmament, a condition regional analysts and politicians say is unattainable. READ MORE . . .
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German pharmaceutical giant linked to white phospherous, glyphosate used by Israel in Lebanon: report. From the Cradle. A joint investigation by Germany’s Coordination gegen Bayer-Gefahren and Medico International has linked German conglomerate Bayer to the Israeli military’s liberal use of glyphosate and white phosphorus inside Lebanon. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 28 Hezbollah kills platoon commander in Israel’s elite Golani Brigade. From the Cradle. A Hezbollah resistance fighter killed a platoon commander belonging to the 12th Battalion of the Israeli military’s elite Golani Brigade overnight, Tel Aviv confirmed in a statement on Sunday. READ MORE . . .
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TO BE CONTINUED