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Ceasefire in Lebanon is 'central' to peace deal, Iran says after 'massacre'

Lebanon Strikes GIFS. AFP / Reuters / EPA

Ceasefire in Lebanon is 'central' to peace deal, Iran says after 'massacre'

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Volunteers bury people killed in overnight Israeli strikes at a temporary graveyard in the coastal Lebanese city of Tyre on Sunday. AFP
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Displaced southern Lebanese forced to bury loved ones in temporary graveyards

As Israel empties southern villages, families hold on to hope they will be able to take the bodies back home for reburial

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