Israel presses assault on Lebanon border town ahead of US-hosted talks

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Israeli troops launched an attack on Monday to seize a key town in south Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters holed up there, pressing the war on the Iran-backed group on the eve of rare talks between Israeli and Lebanese government envoys.

With the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States set ​to meet on Tuesday ‌in Washington, Lebanon's foreign minister said Beirut would use face-to-face negotiations to press for a ceasefire in the war, which has complicated ⁠wider diplomacy to halt the conflict in the Middle East.

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