French News Agency

Tens of thousands of people, driven fleeing by the war between Israel and Hezbollah, made their way home yesterday (Wednesday), with many finding their towns and villages hugely devastated after a ceasefire agreement went into effect in the early hours of this morning.

Dumont also collaborated with Dalida and Barbra Streisand – He died after a long illness at his home in Paris.

French musician Charles Dumont, composer of the iconic song “Non, je ne regrette rien” and a close collaborator of Edith Piaf, passed away last night at the age of 95.

The war between Israel and Hamas has claimed the lives of 770 people in less than three weeks in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian enclave’s Civil Defense Agency said today, and as new talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire are underway.

Four Israeli soldiers were killed and 51 wounded, including seven seriously, in a drone attack launched Sunday night by Hezbollah against a military base in Binyaminah in northern Israel, according to a statement from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Lebanese national news agency ANI reported that there were Israeli bombings in and around a southern Beirut suburb, including four “very heavy” bombings, shortly after the Israeli army ordered civilians to evacuate immediately and hastily from several sectors of this stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah movement.

A new wave of bombings was launched by the Israeli military during the night in the southern part of Beirut, which is regarded as a Hezbollah stronghold.

The airline British Airways announced today that it is extending until October 26 the suspension of its services to Tel Aviv, which have been suspended since September 24, citing the security situation in the region.

Intense aerial bombardment by Israeli armed forces against Hezbollah killed at least 492 people in Lebanon on Monday, including 35 children, according to authorities in the country, which experienced its bloodiest day in nearly a year of border firefights alongside the war in the Gaza Strip.

Israel is escalating its attacks against Hezbollah, with the international community concerned about the Lebanese organization following the assassination of

The Israeli government yesterday agreed to resume talks next Thursday, August 15, aimed at declaring a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and releasing hostages remaining in the hands of Hamas, following intervention by the mediating countries, the US, Egypt and Qatar, which warned the belligerents that “there is no time to waste nor excuse” for further delays.