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Beirut Rocked By Israeli Airstrikes After Month Of Quiet, 14 Dead
For several days, the Israelis have been warning of new military strikes on Lebanon's capital. People have been seen flooding out of the southern suburbs which have been a historic stronghold of Hezbollah support.
Amid ongoing ground fighting between IDF and Hezbollah forces in the south, Thursday finally saw heavy airstrikes on the capital. "An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, the first strike to hit near Beirut in weeks amid a ceasefire that has failed to halt fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in south Lebanon," Reuters reports.
Follow-up reporting indicates the death toll across the nation amid the flare-up in bombing raids is at 16 and counting, amid emergency crews picking through the rubble:
At least 16 people have been killed and 58 wounded in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese health authorities, as Israel intensifies its assault and issues mass displacement orders across the region.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday that six of the victims belonged to the same family. They were killed in an Israeli drone strike while trying to flee at dawn along the Adloun Highway, a key route linking Sidon and Tyre, it said.
Israeli strike on Tyre in southern Lebanon on Thursday, May 28, 2026. via AFP/AJThe Israeli military confirmed what it called a "precise strike" but did not initially disclose who or what it was after.
Officials were later cited in Reuters as saying the target was the head of the missile division within the Imam Hussein Division, a paramilitary group which is closely aligned with Hezbollah and Iran. The man was identified as Ali Al-Husseini.
Reuters underscores that it has been a month since Israeli airstrikes last rocked the Lebanese capital: "Apart from a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs in early May that killed a Hezbollah commander, the capital and its suburbs had been spared new bombardment during the truce," the report indicates.
But now, illusions of 'quiet' in Beirut have been shattered, as war returns to the whole country, given also Israel has long targeted other parts of the small Levantine Mediterranean nation like Bekaa Valley.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Israel is "intensifying operations" in Lebanon by taking strategic positions deeper into the country with a wave of offensives north of the Litani River.
Officially, Tel Aviv is justifying the deep territorial grab as a "defensive" counter-measure against persistent Hezbollah drone strikes on occupation forces as well as communities in northern Israel.
"We are intensifying our operations in Lebanon. The IDF is operating with significant forces on the ground and taking control of strategically dominant positions. We are reinforcing the security buffer zone in order to protect the communities of northern Israel," Netanyahu has said in a fresh video released by his office.
🎥 In Choueifat Amrousieh, near the building that was struck, screams can be heard as residents call their relatives to make sure they are alive. https://t.co/nOd5cypU85 pic.twitter.com/9tjrLTnp0O
— L'Orient Today (@lorienttoday) May 28, 2026"At the same time, we are carrying out a major national effort to advance creative and innovative solutions against explosive drones," he added, following a meeting with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir in Tel Aviv.
The ground offensive comes as hawkish Israeli cabinet members openly lobby for a substantial escalation of the war and permanent occupations deeper into sovereign Lebanese territory.
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US To Start New Trade Talks With Mexico
Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times,
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will begin a series of trade negotiations with Mexico this week tied to the first review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), with no talks involving Canada announced so far.
The talks are part of the first formal review process for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement since it replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement in 2020.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speaks during a tour of the Atomic Industries manufacturing facility in Warren, Mich., on April 9, 2026. AP Photo/Julia Demaree NikhinsonThe U.S. Trade Representative's office said the negotiations will focus on economic security, industrial rules of origin, agriculture, and maintaining what it described as a "level playing field" for American workers and businesses. Rules of origin determine how much of a product must be manufactured within North America to qualify for tariff-free treatment under the trade pact.
The announcement made no mention of negotiations involving Canada, despite the agreement formally including all three North American countries.
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) stated on X that the first review of the USMCA "will be a key test of whether the pact reinforces confidence in the North American market or creates more uncertainty."
"The prices of fertilizer, fuel, and equipment, and whether corn, soybeans, and pork have steady buyers, all hinge on the outcome," Young wrote.
Young said the USMCA "is not perfect" and said that Mexico's threats against U.S. corn products and Canada's import controls of its dairy market "should be confronted directly."
The United States expects tariffs to be part of trade negotiations with Mexico this week as officials begin discussions on renewing the USMCA, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said May 26.
Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., Greer said President Donald Trump remains concerned about the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico and indicated tariffs would remain part of U.S. trade policy. He also said negotiators are expected to discuss increasing requirements for American-made content in goods produced in North America.
Greer said Mexico has benefited from U.S. efforts to diversify supply chains away from China and said the administration wants a broader distribution of production. He added that the United States wants more supply chains based in the Americas following shortages experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Greer said negotiations with Mexico are expected to be productive, but described trade talks with Canada as more difficult. Canada and China were the only countries that retaliated against the United States over tariffs.
U.S. officials said the negotiations are intended to strengthen North American manufacturing and reduce reliance on overseas supply chains.
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