Israel warns people to evacuate another 24 villages in southern Lebanon
Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip) (AP): The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate another 24 villages across southern Lebanon.
The warning on Wednesday came days after the military launched what it said were limited ground operations near the border to combat the Hezbollah group.
The villages are in a U.N.-declared buffer zone established after Israel and Hezbollah fought their last war in 2006.
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Pope Leo XIV blasts 'delusion of omnipotence' fueling the US-Israeli war in Iran
Rome AP: In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the US-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
Leo presided over an evening prayer service in St. Peter's Basilica on the same day the United States and Iran began face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan and as a fragile ceasefire held.
History's first US-born pope didn't mention the United States or President Donald Trump in his prayer, which was planned before the talks were announced. But Leo's tone and message appeared directed at Trump and US officials, who have boasted of US military superiority and justified the war in religious terms.
“Enough of the idolatry of self and money!” Leo demanded. “Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!”
