Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (C) arrives to attend a cabinet session at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, on September 5, 2025...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun sits at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon...

This picture shows the aftermath of an Israeli air strike against a vehicle in the Ansariyah area of the Sidon district, southern Lebanon, on February 2, 2026...

This picture shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike against a car on the outskirts of the town of Siddiqin in the Tyre district, southern Lebanon, on January 30, 2026...

Ambulances transporting wounded Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, December 28, 2024...

An Israeli army tank crosses into the so-called buffer zone near the Quneitra checkpoint in southwestern Syria, close to the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights...

Wreckage of a car targeted in an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Mazraat Al-Qnaitra, near Sidon, on December 22, 2025...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on as President Joe Biden speaks about the Palestinian resistance group Hamas’ attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2023...

A drone is seen on display during the International Convention of Air Force Commanders, at the Tel Nof air force base in occupied territories, May 23, 2018...