This, Lebanon, continues to rage... Ceasefire negotiations as an inaugural gift?

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Thirteen rescuers were bombed and killed in an eastern town as Israeli air strikes continued for days against Lebanon.

However, a senior Iranian official during a visit to Lebanon signaled support for the ceasefire deal, and Trump's closest aide Musk also met with an Iranian official, raising expectations for progress in the Middle East ceasefire negotiations.

Reporter Park Young-jin reports.

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A village bombed by Israeli forces in the middle of the night, a rescue operation is underway as it digs through the rubble while the flames are still burning.

In particular, many rescuers were killed when the civil defense center in the center of the town was directly hit.

[Shafik Shehada / Head of Baalbek Municipality: A barbaric Israeli air strike on a civil defense center in the region killed everyone inside yesterday.]

Israel, which has gained momentum since Trump's election, has been hitting Beirut and other parts of Lebanon day after day in the name of sweeping Hezbollah.

However, in the meantime, some progress seems to be made in the ceasefire negotiations.

Larijani, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader Khamenei, who visited Lebanon, told the Lebanese prime minister, who was seeking help for a ceasefire, that he supported all of Lebanon's decisions.

[Ali Larijani / Senior Iranian official: The Islamic Republic of Iran supports the Lebanese people and government officials under any circumstances.]

Iran has also signaled that it wants a ceasefire.

In addition, U.S. Ambassador Jurebanon reportedly delivered in writing a draft proposal for a ceasefire to the Lebanese parliament speaker.

Following the Washington Post's report that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is rushing to proceed with Lebanon ceasefire negotiations with Trump's "appointment gift,"
The news that Elon Musk, who emerged as the most powerful man in the second Trump term, met with an Iranian official on the 11th is also raising expectations for ceasefire negotiations."Unlike the first Trump term,

{maximum pressure,'' the New York Times said, "the second term in office suggests a possible change in relations with Iran."

In the meantime, militant Hamas also urged Trump to pressure Israel to stop the attack, saying it was ready to cease fire.

I'm Park Youngjin of YTN.

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