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. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are hitting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, pummelling parts of Lebanon on Sunday.There are heightened fears right across the Middle East about how president-elect Donald Trump will deal with Iran and the fighting in the region.

. The European Union needs to rethink its support for Ukraine following Donald Trump's U.S. election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said before a summit of EU leaders on Friday, adding that Europe cannot finance the war alone.Trump has criticized the level of U.S. support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion and before the election promised to end the conflict before even taking office, without explaining how.

. Israelis flooded the streets of Tel Aviv in protest Tuesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Citing a crisis of trust regarding the management of Israel’s ongoing military operations, Gallant was replaced by foreign minister Israel Katz.

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. While Israel says it pounded Iranian defence and missile production sites, Iran’s supreme leaders says the attacks should neither be downplayed nor exaggerated.

. Lebanon's state-run national news agency says a trio of media staffers in southeast Lebanon were killed when Israel hit a collection of chalets that had been rented by various media outlets, and that the Israeli army did not issue a warning before the strike.

. A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday, his spokesperson said, adding that the prime minister was not in the vicinity and there were no casualties.

. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has killed Yahya Sinwar, the man considered to be the architect of the Oct. 7 attacks.

. Israel has unleashed deadly new airstrikes on a Gaza hospital tent and a Christian-majority town of Aitou in northern Lebanon, with the latter killing at least 21.

. As Israel's attacks in Lebanon and Gaza persist and cause more bloodshed, hundreds of thousands of people are in the crosshairs of war.