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That the US Navy's USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East left the region over the weekend after several months of operations there has been widely taken as an indication of easing of tensions between Israel and Iran following Israel's air strikes on multiple Iranian targets late last month. It's also in line with the progress reportedly being made in cease-fire talks between Israel and Hezbollah that are being overseen by the United States. A US envoy told the media that an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is "within our grasp" after talks in Lebanon on Tuesday. ▲ US envoy Amos Hochstein (2nd L) meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 19, 2024. Photo/Xinhua But despite that prognosis, Israel has not ceased its attacks on Hezbollah. While the cease-fire talks were going on, an Israeli air strike on what Tel Aviv claimed was a Hezbollah target slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon's
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