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6 AM ET: Hezbollah and Israel pull back, hundreds of Grand Canyon rescues, Telegram founder arrested & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Hezbollah and Israel appear to be backing off after the two traded strikes over the weekend. The body of a missing hiker has been found as hundreds of rescues have been taking place in Grand Canyon National Park. Meta says an Iranian-backed hacker group is targeting people with political and diplomatic connections. The founder and CEO of Telegram has been arrested in Paris. Plus, Americans are estimated to spend nearly $39 billion on back-to-school shopping this year, which is actually a pull-back from last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

From CNN, I'm Fez Jameel with the five things you need to know for Monday, August 26th.

0:08.0

Hezbollah and Israel looked to be backing off after the two traded strikes across the Lebanese border over the weekend.

0:15.0

Yesterday Israeli forces launched what they called a preemptive strike against Hezbollah targets

0:19.9

in Lebanon, which Hezbollah responded to, saying it fired more than 300 rockets and deployed

0:26.0

several dozen drones toward Israel, describing that as the first phase of their retaliation

0:31.6

for the recent killing of their top military

0:33.6

commander last month. CNN's Paula Hancock says more.

0:37.2

Fes Israel believes it has prevented a more significant attack from Hezbollah

0:42.1

by striking dozens of launch sites in the early hours of Sunday.

0:45.6

Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah says he believes the attack was a success, targeting

0:50.8

military infrastructure deeper inside is really territory

0:54.0

but the IDF says there was no damage to its bases.

0:57.0

The heavy strikes however do not appear to have derailed talks on a ceasefire and hostage deal in Cairo, there's been no breakthrough, but all

1:04.7

sites have agreed to continue working-level discussions this week.

1:09.6

The body of a missing hiker has been found, while hundreds of rescues have been taking place in Grand

1:14.3

Canyon National Park. Flooding triggered by monsoon storms on Thursday forced local authorities

1:19.8

to shut down the area to tourists, prompting several emergency evacuations.

1:24.7

CNN's Camila Bernal has more.

1:27.0

This is an area where hikers go for the beauty, for the serenity,

1:31.6

but it became a nightmare for so many of them.

1:35.0

In total, 104 people had to be rescued.

1:38.8

The governor of Arizona, activating the National Guard, they used a Blackhog helicopter to get people out of this area.

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