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Motorists drive past a billboard bearing a picture of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, ahead of his funeral in Tehran on July 3, 2026. Iranian leaders began paying their respects on July 3 before the coffin of the country's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in the US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war, as Tehran prepared for a vast funeral. Khamenei's body arrived at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on July 3 ahead of ceremonies which are expected to draw millions. (Photo by AFP via Ge

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مع تعثر المحادثات الأمريكية الإيرانية، تنظر إسرائيل إلى نتيجة الحرب على أنها "فشل استراتيجي كامل".

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Shia Muslim devotees gather for a mourning ritual near the shrine of Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah who was killed in a 2024 Israeli-airstrike, in Beirut's southern suburbs on June 26, 2026 at the peak of Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP via Getty Images)

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بالنسبة لإسرائيل، تُعتبر صفقة لبنان "تاريخية" رغم المخاوف من قيام حزب الله بإعادة البناء

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فانس يحوّلنا إلى "كيس ملاكمة": إسرائيل تغضب من قناة مزعومة بين الحرس الثوري والقيادة المركزية الأمريكية في الدوحة

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Lebanese army forces deploy in the village of Bir al-Salasel in southern Lebanon on June 15, 2026. Iran's foreign ministry on June 15 said the US must ensure that Israel commits to stopping the war in Lebanon under a deal agreed upon with the US to end the Middle East war. Lebanon was pulled into the conflict in early March when Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah launched rocket attacks on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader, prompting Israeli strikes and a ground invasion. (Pho

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المناطق التجريبية محور المحادثات الإسرائيلية اللبنانية في ظل ضغوط ترامب على نتنياهو

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«كان يعلم أن الأمر انتهى»: تفاصيل رد نتنياهو على اتفاق ترامب مع إيران في ظل إعادة إسرائيل تقييم موقفها

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US President Donald Trump talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, Jerusalem, Oct. 13, 2025.

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"كارثة كاملة": إسرائيل تسعى جاهدة للحصول على توضيحات بينما يروج ترامب للاتفاق النووي الإيراني الناشئ

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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. US President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on December 29 for crucial talks on moving to the next stage of the fragile Gaza truce plan.The two leaders also discussed Iran, with Trump saying that if Tehran rebuilt its nuclear facilities the United States wo

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"نسمع بالفعل صوت الحافلة": مصادر إسرائيلية مطلعة تخشى أن يفقد نتنياهو دعم ترامب بشأن إيران

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A portrait of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is visible in heavily damaged building in the border town of Ayta al-Chaab, southern Lebanon, Feb. 21, 2026.

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لماذا ترى إسرائيل في "المناطق التجريبية" في لبنان سبيلاً لاحتواء حزب الله؟

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"الإيرانيون هددوا ترامب فاستسلم": فيتو بيروت يكشف حقيقة نتنياهو

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PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 29: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. The two leaders are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting to discuss regional security in the Middle East as well as the U.S.-Israel partnership. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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"ترامب يكبح جماح الأمور": دائرة نتنياهو تُحمّل الرئيس الأمريكي مسؤولية فشل تغيير النظام في إيران والاتفاق الوشيك

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"أخبار سيئة للغاية": إسرائيل تشعر بالقلق إزاء إصرار ترامب على المضي قدماً في الاتفاق النووي مع إيران

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بينما يجري قائد الجيش الباكستاني محادثات مع إيران، يخشى نتنياهو الإسرائيلي من الاستبعاد.

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