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Israeli strike near Masnaa border crossing kills two, Islamic Jihad members targeted

An Israeli strike hit a vehicle in Majdal Anjar (Bekaa) near the Masnaa border crossing in the evening, killing four people, according to our correspondent in the region.

The Israeli army claimed it targeted members of Islamic Jihad, according to a message on X from the Israeli army's deputy Arabic-speaking spokeswoman, Captain Ella.

Board of Peace members pledged more than $5 billion for Gaza, Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will announce on Thursday that Board of Peace member states have pledged more than $5 billion for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Gaza, according to Reuters.

In a Sunday post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that member states have also committed thousands of personnel toward a U.N.-authorized stabilization force and local police in the Palestinian enclave.

Land registration in the occupied West Bank: PA denounces ‘de facto annexation’

The Palestinian Presidency slammed the Israeli government’s decision, calling it a “serious escalation” and saying the Israeli move effectively nullifies signed agreements and clearly contradicts resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, Wafa news agency reported.

The Authority described it as a “dangerous escalation and a blatant violation of international law,” adding that the measure “clearly contradicts United Nations Security Council resolutions, in particular Resolution 2334, which affirms that any Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a violation of international law.”

South Lebanon: Israeli army launches cluster bombs near its Rweissat al-Alam position

The Israeli army launched cluster munitions near its Rweissat al-Alam position in Kfar Shuba (Hasbaya), our correspondent in the South reported. It also fired medium-caliber automatic weapons toward the outskirts of the town.

Cluster munitions disperse small explosive bomblets randomly over dozens of meters; some fail to detonate on impact and effectively become landmines.

Their use, production, transfer and stockpiling are banned under the 2008 U.N. Convention on Cluster Munitions. Israel is not a signatory to the convention, unlike Lebanon.

South Lebanon: Israeli fire on Aitaroun

The Israeli army fired medium-caliber automatic weapons toward the town of Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil) from the Israeli position of Malikiya, located opposite the village, our correspondent in the South reported.

Israel approves proposal to register West Bank lands as ‘state property’

The Israeli government has approved a proposal to register large areas of the occupied West Bank as “state property,” for the first time since the Israeli occupation of the territory in 1967.

Israeli public broadcaster KAN on Sunday said the proposal was submitted by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Most Palestinian land is not formally registered because it is a long, complicated process that Israel stopped in 1967. Registration of land establishes permanent ownership. International law states an occupying power cannot confiscate land in occupied territories.

Gaza civil defense says Israeli strikes kill 12 since dawn

Gaza's civil defense agency reported that the death toll from Israeli strikes on Sunday has risen to 12 killed.

Five people were killed and several injured when an air strike targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in Jabalia in the north, the agency said in a statement.

Five more were killed and several injured in a separate early morning strike in the southern city of Khan Yunis, the agency said, adding that one more was killed in Israeli shelling in Gaza City.

The agency also said that one person was killed by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia in north Gaza.

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of developments in the Middle East.

We are following tensions between the United States and Iran, as well as the developments in south Lebanon and Gaza, which continue to be attacked by Israel daily despite cease-fires.

South Lebanon: Series of overnight Israeli strikes on Jezzine district

The Israeli army carried out a series of strikes in south Lebanon, mainly in the Jezzine district, last night, shortly after 10 p.m., L'Orient Today south Lebanon correspondent reported. No casualties were reported.

The strikes first hit Bsalieh and the Sajad-Mlih hills (Jezzine). The Israeli army also struck the outskirts of Houmin Fawqa (Nabatieh) and the Baghaz valley (Hasbaya). Shortly afterward, three additional strikes targeted the hills of Jabal al-Rihan (Jezzine).

One strike hit near a stone factory on the Sajad–Rihan road, causing no casualties, according to our correspondent.

Strikes on south Lebanon intensify

Shortly after 11 p.m., Israel carried out another series of strikes targeting the outskirts of Sajad (Jezzine) and the surrounding heights of Iqlim al-Tuffah, including Mlita and Jabal Safi.

The strikes were conducted using high-explosive, bunker-busting missiles, whose detonations were heard in villages in the Hasbaya and Nabatieh districts, our correspondent said.

Shortly before 10 p.m., a quadcopter drone dropped explosive charges on an uninhabited house in the Qassayr neighborhood, east of Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun). The same building had previously been struck by three explosive devices in earlier attacks, our correspondent added.

Tehran ready for nuclear compromise if Washington discusses lifting sanctions

Iran is ready to consider compromises to reach a nuclear deal with the United States if Washington is willing to discuss lifting sanctions, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi told the BBC in an interview published on Sunday.

Iran said it is prepared to discuss curbs on its nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions, but has repeatedly ruled out linking the issue to other questions, including missiles.

Takht-Ravanchi confirmed that a second round of nuclear talks would take place on Tuesday in Geneva, after Tehran and Washington resumed discussions in Oman earlier this month.

Syrian army regains control of Shaddadi military base

The Syrian army announced it had taken control of the Shaddadi military base in northeastern Syria, in coordination with the United States, the official Syrian news agency reported Sunday, citing Reuters.

The operation follows the U.S. withdrawal from the strategic al-Tanf base under a Washington-brokered agreement aimed at integrating the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into Syria’s central state institutions.

South Lebanon: Four Israeli soldiers carry out reconnaissance operation at the border

Four Israeli soldiers opened a gate in a border fence near the area known as “the wall,” east of Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun), and conducted a reconnaissance operation inside Lebanese territory before withdrawing behind the barrier.

They later positioned themselves at the Israeli al-Assi post facing the area, our correspondent reported.

Separately, an unexploded, crashed Israeli drone was found in Houla's town square.

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 11

Gaza’s Civil Defense said Israeli strikes killed 11 people since dawn Sunday, despite the cease-fire in place between Israel and Hamas since Oct. 10.

According to the Civil Defense, the Israeli strikes hit a tent sheltering displaced people in northern Gaza and the south of the territory.