The Israel Defense Forces said on Monday that it killed two alleged Hezbollah members in a Sunday strike in the Jamijama area of southern Lebanon. The two people targeted “were engaged in restoring military infrastructures of the terrorist organization Hezbollah,” the IDF claimed in a statement posted to X.

The talks, in Paris, are the latest bid to reduce tensions between two longtime enemies. A deal would help both curry favor with the Trump administration.

Israel became the first country to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday - a decision that could reshape regional dynamics and test Somalia's longstanding opposition to secession.