Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu says ability to counter ‘threats’ from Lebanon key to any ceasefire deal

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Israeli prime minister reportedly told US envoys that return of displaced people was paramount; Israel resumes strikes on southern BeirutForty seven Palestinians were killed and dozens injured, most of them children and women, in overnight Israeli bombardment of the city of Deir Al-Balah, the Nuseirat camp and the town of Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA said, Reuters reports.The Israeli military said its troops had identified and eliminated “several armed terrorists” in central Gaza and had eliminated “dozens of terrorists” in targeted raids in northern Gaza’s Jabalia area. Continue reading...