Speaking to reporters outside the State Department, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leither says Israel will maintain its buffer zone in southern Lebanon until the Lebanese Armed Forces demonstrate that they can dismantle Hezbollah and assume responsibility for security.

Leiter stresses that the deal will not be based on a fixed timetable, but on measurable progress by the Lebanese army in disarming Hezbollah.

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Tehran, which had conditioned any deal with the U.S. in part on an end to fighting between Israel and Lebanon, earlier struck Kuwait, damaging its airport and injuring dozens while the U.S. military carried out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz.

The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is contingent on a complete cessation of fire from the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia and the evacuation of all its operatives from the South Litani Sector, a joint statement released by the U.S. State Department said following negotiations in Washington.

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The Israeli Air Force on Wednesday carried out its largest wave of airstrikes yet against Hezbollah, the military said, after announcing that it would keep fighting the Iran-backed terror group in Lebanon, despite the two-week ceasefire with Tehran that came into place hours earlier.

The prime minister of Pakistan, who mediated between the US and Iran, declared in his post announcing the two-week ceasefire overnight Wednesday-Thursday that it would cover Lebanon as well. Iran said the same, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has insisted that Israel’s strikes against Hezbollah would continue.

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The shockwaves unleashed by the deadly US strikes on Caracas and the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro were felt all the way to the southern suburbs of Beirut, the stronghold of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah

Washington has used Maduro’s abduction to send an unmistakable signal to the militant group’s leadership as well as its Iranian backers, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio directly threatening them the morning after the attack.

“It’s very simple,” he told US broadcaster CBS. “In the 21st Century, under the Trump administration, we are not going to have a country like Venezuela in our own hemisphere in the sphere of control and the crossroads for Hezbollah, for Iran and for every other malign influence in the country, in the world. That’s just not going to exist.”

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US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened Hamas with “hell to pay” if it does not disarm within a “very short period,” in remarks delivered alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after their meeting at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Hamas “will be given a very short period of time to disarm,” the US president said during a press conference. “If they don’t disarm, as they agreed to do… then there will be hell to pay for them.”

The warning was part of a series of remarks on key regional issues that Trump made to the press before and after a lunchtime meeting with Netanyahu and his team, including an assertion that the US would back an Israeli attack on Iran if Tehran continued to advance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. He also made comments praising the leaders of Turkey and Syria, both of which Israel has sparred with in recent months.

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The explosives shortage, which has not been previously reported, has not stopped the army quickening the pace of inspection missions to search for hidden weapons in the south, near Israel, the two said, one of whom is a security source and the other a Lebanese official.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanese-army-walks-political-tightrope-disarm-hezbollah-2025-10-28/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNt_SpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsX7mVHEOETkCrU-JAB1csZyJIXdun5_TnQ6tBIZMv4tqQCmur_XYTthHNvg_aem_qKhN38imFKDaM7i02m22uw

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Earlier Friday, Israel’s army urgently warned people to evacuate parts of a Beirut suburb, vowing to retaliate against strikes which it said were launched from Lebanon into northern Israel.

Hezbollah denied firing the rockets at northern Israel, and accused Israel of seeking a pretext to continue attacking Lebanon. Israel has struck targets in southern Lebanon almost daily since a ceasefire took hold in November 2024, mostly targeting Hezbollah.

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You don’t need me to tell you we’ve had two major attacks here in the U. S. this week. They still haven’t gotten to the bottom of the one in Las Vegas.  Why didn’t the guy get out of the Cybertruck?  What about the incident on Bourbon Street?  These monsters are over here!  

You know the time for talk is over when the terror starts. We’re only two weeks from Trump regaining the presidency and things are already underway. Hamas or whoever better be releasing hostages or there will be trouble. How crazy must these people be? They’ve been driven off, their top level commanders killed, and they’re still firing the odd rocket to signal they haven’t given up. They better get their ducks in a row. Arabic pride is off the chart.

Things are beginning to happen fast. We can only guess as to what is going on in the Middle East.  It appears the terrorist threat has been pushed back, and all the do-gooders have gone quiet.

They’ve gone quiet over here too.  Do you suppose they’re planning something, or are just out of gas?

It seems to me that God has looked down in His mercy and decided that we ought to have one more chance.  Would Grandpa Armstrong ever be surprised!  We were in the gun lap when I was in high school. They never saw Trump coming. Dad never did either. Would they ever be surprised!  

Man has had the power to destroy life on earth for eighty years. Thank goodness it’s never happened. We were pretty sure it was only a matter of time before the United States went down the tubes. Now, we’re pretty sure there will be a revival. Trump better have good security.

Our grandkids are going to read about what went on during the last twenty years and wonder what on earth? Everything got so crazy! How did we ever put up with it? In years future, people are going to look back and wonder where we were. We’ve seen the trajectory and we’ve just had a course alteration. The world will no longer be kicking around the U.S.A. Quite the contrary.  

Justin Trudeau thought he’d run down to Trump’s place and make nice.  He probably wonders what he was thinking.  Of course he got humiliated when Trump told him he could be governor after the U. S. takes it over.  But, that’s not going to happen.  Now it looks as though he’ll have to resign. You can’t react too quickly when it looks like something is about to happen. Trump plays the long game, and some interim decision might just be setting the table.  

First the wars have to be stopped. Israel seems to have the one in the Middle East under control. But the terrorists are not suing for peace, they would rather die. So that’s what is happening. The Bible tells us what we’re dealing with.

The war in Ukraine is worrisome. We’re giving Ukraine missiles and they’re firing them deep into Russia?  That’s not going to continue.  Trump says he’s going to try to stop it, but there will have to be negotiations and you know what that means.  Everybody is going to have to give up something. The whole thing seemed unnecessary in the first place. But Trump is saying there hasn’t been such carnage since WWII.  

It looks like we’re going to have some good years here in the U. S. I hope they don’t release all the secrets at once, but it’s about to begin, and I’m sure God knows what’s going on.              

Mark

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