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Search results for "A temporary ceasefire is in effect between Israel and Lebanon"

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Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:
“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.
By Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025
Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
“I have ended seven unendable wars.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025
Threads posts stated on October 03, 2024 in a Threads post:
The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”
By Sofia Ahmed• October 9, 2024
TikTok posts stated on February 07, 2024 in TikTok posts:
Israel “accidentally voted (for) Palestine” at a United Nations Security Council meeting.
By Sofia Ahmed• April 24, 2024
Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2025 in a news conference:
“We’ve never had a president that solved one war, not one war.”
By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 17, 2025
TikTok posts stated on October 08, 2023 in a TikTok video:
Video shows pro-Palestine march in Chicago on Oct. 8.
By Jeff Cercone• October 10, 2023
Facebook posts stated on October 16, 2023 in a Facebook video:
“Egypt is now at war with Israel.”
By Sara Swann• October 16, 2023
Never Back Down PAC stated on October 16, 2023 in a post on X:
“Nikki Haley argues in support of bringing Gaza refugees to America.”
By Amy Sherman• October 20, 2023
Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN:
Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."
By Derek Tsang• July 31, 2014
Bloggers stated on August 05, 2020 in an article:
“Israel dropped a tactical nuclear weapon on the port of Beirut.”
By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2020
Greta Van Susteren stated on August 02, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"So many people were critical of Secretary (John) Kerry going to Paris and talking with Hamas," because Kerry was seen as "supporting Hamas to the exclusion of the Arab League."
By Linda Qiu, Derek Tsang• August 4, 2014
X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in X posts:
“iPhones exploding in Lebanon blowing up random people.”
By Sofia Ahmed• September 20, 2024
Viral image stated on October 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows protesters in Lebanon “storming the border with Palestine in support of Gaza” in October 2023.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 25, 2023
Instagram posts stated on October 01, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows a missile strike on Israel.
By Sofia Ahmed• October 7, 2024
Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2023 in a speech in Iowa:
“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”
By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2023
Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in Instagram posts:
Video shows Oct. 6, 2024, fires in Beirut caused by Israeli airstrikes.
By Sofia Ahmed• October 7, 2024
Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The Beirut bombing today was directly next to the Lebanon Central Bank, which is also owned by the most evil deep state family, the Rothschilds. There are no coincidences.”
By Bill McCarthy• August 6, 2020
X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in an X post:
Video shows “the bunker-busting bombs that ended the lives of (Hassan) Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s leadership.”
By Jeff Cercone• September 29, 2024
X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in an X post:
Photo shows a toilet after “some Hezbollah operative blew up.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2024
Viral image stated on April 13, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russia will support Iran if the United States attacks Iran’s soil in support of Israel.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 19, 2024

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