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IDF Soldier Killed by Hezbollah Drone as Troops Capture Beaufort Castle (May 31, 0633 UTC, 0933 Israel) (Morning Edition)
An IDF soldier was killed and four wounded by a Hezbollah explosive drone in southern Lebanon, while Israeli forces captured the strategic Beaufort Castle and advanced within 5 km of Nabatieh. Hezbollah launched rocket barrages at Kiryat Shmona and other northern Israeli communities, prompting school closures. The US struck a ship breaching the blockade near Iran, and the US-Iran deal remains unresolved with new US demands.
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Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire as ‘Unacceptable’; Hezbollah Loitering Gliders Hit IDF Vehicles (May 11, 1607 UTC, 1907 Israel) (Evening Edition)
US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest ceasefire response as “totally unacceptable,” while Hezbollah launched multiple loitering glider attacks on IDF vehicles in southern Lebanon. EU foreign ministers approved sanctions on violent Israeli settlers and settler groups, and Prime Minister Netanyahu convened an urgent security meeting amid the diplomatic impasse.