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      <text>Israel publishes a map of southern Lebanon that it will continue to occupy, and says it may launch attacks beyond it, as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rules out a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon. </text>
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      <text>Israel publishes a map of southern Lebanon that it will continue to occupy, and says it will carry out attacks beyond it, as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rules out a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon. </text>
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    <text>Israel publishes a map of southern Lebanon that it will continue to illegaly occupy, and says it may launch attacks beyond it, as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rules out a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon. </text>
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    <text>Hezbollah states that it received assurances from Iran that the withdrawal of Israeli troops from occupied southern Lebanon will be a demand in the next phase of negotiations with the United States, before any deal about Iran's nuclear program. </text>
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    <date>2026-06-15</date>
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    <text>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Israel Katz say that Israel will not withdraw its troops from Lebanon, Syria, or the Gaza Strip. </text>
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      <text>An Israeli official says Israel agreed to stop the airstrikes on Iran at United States president Donald Trump's request, but Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon will continue. </text>
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    <text>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has agreed to stop the airstrikes on Iran at United States president Donald Trump's request, but an official states that Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon will continue. Netanyahu also warns that Israel will respond if Iran resumes military action. </text>
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      <text>U.S. president Donald Trump urges Iran to return to ceasefire negotiations and finalize a deal. </text>
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    <text>U.S. president Donald Trump urges Iran to return to ceasefire negotiations and finalize a deal. He also says that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have &quot;no choice&quot; but to accept any deal that the U.S. reaches with Iran. </text>
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      <date>2026-06-5</date>
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      <text>Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri rejects the ceasefire deal with Israel because it is not a complete ceasefire and does not require an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon at the same time as Hezbollah. </text>
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    <text>Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri rejects the ceasefire deal with Israel, saying it is not a complete ceasefire and does not require an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon at the same time as Hezbollah. </text>
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    <text>A U.S. official says that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a effort to push for a new ceasefire in Lebanon, including an ending of Hezbollah attacks on Israel with Israel refraining from escalation in Beirut in return. </text>
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    <text>U.S. president Donald Trump announces that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, after his conversations with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese president Joseph Aoun. </text>
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      <text>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims on social media that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon, despite Iran including Lebanon in its terms for agreeing to the ceasefire. </text>
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      <text>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces on social media that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon. </text>
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    <text>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. president Donald Trump both claim that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon, despite contrary statements from both Iran and Pakistan on their versions of the ceasefire agreement. </text>
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    <date>2025-06-13</date>
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    <text>The Israeli military confirms it has targeted nuclear facilities in Iran with the main goal of the operation being to destroy Iran's nuclear program. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms Israeli warplanes have targeted Iran's main Natanz Nuclear Facility. It is later confirmed that the underground nuclear reactor at Natanz has been destroyed by a bunker buster. </text>
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  <text>The office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that Israeli troops will remain in southern Lebanon to protect Israel's northern border for as long as it is believed to be necessary. </text>
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