Eleven children are killed or injured on average every 24 hours in Lebanon amid Israeli attacks. At least five people have been killed in Israeli air strikes targeting towns in southern Lebanon. Israeli forces have crossed the Litani River in an expanded ground offensive, even though a ceasefire began on April 17 and was extended for 45 days on May 17 after indirect US-mediated talks. Security talks at the Pentagon are planned between Lebanese and Israeli military delegations, with Lebanon demanding Israel halt ongoing attacks that have intensified. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that a ceasefire is crucial for moving to any further steps, while Rubio reiterated US support for Lebanon’s stability, independence, and sovereignty.
"Eleven children killed or injured on average every 24 hours in Lebanon amid Israeli attacks, UN children's agency says. At least five people have been killed in Israeli air strikes targeting towns in southern Lebanon, as Lebanese and Israeli military delegations plan to hold security talks at the Pentagon. The attacks on Friday came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had crossed the Litani River in Lebanon, which runs about 30 kilometres north of their shared border, in an expanded ground offensive."
"Israel's latest military operation started despite the ceasefire that began on April 17, and was extended for 45 days on May 17 following indirect talks mediated by the United States. At the Pentagon talks later on Friday, Lebanon will demand that Israel halt its ongoing attacks, which have intensified in recent days. The Lebanese delegation includes six officers, headed by the army's director of operations, Georges Rizkallah."
"On the Israeli side, Brigadier General Amichai Levin, head of the strategic division within the army's planning directorate, is in Washington for the talks, according to an Israeli military spokesman. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that a ceasefire with Israel was crucial. A statement from his office said that during a phone call, Aoun emphasised the need to exert all efforts to reach a ceasefire, considering it an essential gateway to moving on to any other step."
"Rubio reiterated the US administration's commitment to consolidating the outcomes of previous ambassador-level negotiations between Israel and Lebanon in Washington, and expressed his support for Lebanon's stability, independence and sovereignty, the statement added. In Friday's attacks on southern Lebanon, four people were killed in an Israeli strike on a building in the town of Abbasiyeh, near the city of Tyre. Another person was killed in a separate strike on Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, Lebanon's National"
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