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A man inspects the aftermath at the site of an Israeli strike that hit the previous day in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on June 5, 2026. Israeli strikes overnight in the south Lebanon city of Tyre killed seven people, a source from Lebanon's civil defence told AFP on June 5, despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)

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