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Israel's security cannot be guaranteed with military force alone and will require a diplomatic solution, France's foreign minister said on Monday, and Paris would continue efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Lebanon.

To mark the first anniversary of the pogrom carried out by Hamas in the northwestern Negev (1,200 dead, 250 hostages—the largest attack against Jews since the Holocaust), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the Far Left party “La France Insoumise” (Indomitable France) found nothing better than to call for flying the Palestinian colors. 

This week marks a somber anniversary in Israel, as the nation mourns the massacre of 1,200 civilians—men, women, children, and infants—carried out by Hamas. In addition, hundreds of innocent individuals were kidnapped.

Britain has withdrawn the families of its embassy staff working in Israel due to the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the risk of a wider regional conflict.

Russian state media company VGTRK, which owns and operates the country's main national TV stations, was targeted in a massive cyberattack on Monday that a Ukrainian government source said Kyiv's hackers had caused.

Preliminary results showed President Kais Saied won a second term in the Tunisian election with 90.69% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Monday.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, 88, underwent medical tests on Sunday evening for lung inflammation, the kingdom’s state news agency reported, citing a statement from the royal court. 

The top Commander of Iran's Quds Force Esmail Qaani is in 'good health', the force's deputy commander Iraj Masjedi said on Monday, after Iranian security sources told Reuters he had been out of contact since strikes on Beirut last week.

Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third largest city Haifa early on Monday as the country looked poised to expand ground incursions into southern Lebanon on the first anniversary of the Gaza war, which has spread conflict across the Middle East.

Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East.

Iran's Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who travelled to Lebanon after the killing last month of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike, has not been heard from since strikes on Beirut late last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters.

Supporters of current Tunisian President Kais Saied began celebrations in the capital on Sunday night after an exit poll broadcast on state television showed him winning, beating two rivals, one of whom is now in prison