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Lebanon-Israel talks advance amid Hezbollah opposition
Israel and Lebanon are holding their seventh round of direct negotiations in Rome with US sponsorship to discuss security arrangements, borders, and disarmament, while Hezbollah's leadership publicly condemns the talks as shameful and humiliating to Lebanon. The negotiations reflect a widening rift between Hezbollah and Lebanon's government over how to resolve the conflict.
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