- U.S. and Iran may hold second round of talks to end war, amid ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- First direct diplomatic meeting in decades between Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors at the State Department, overseen by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- Israel'
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