{"id":"5d2f65c0-dce9-4220-9247-f4e5d43d2c24","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/lebanon-jewish-israel-mexico-beirut-b3068687.html","domain":"independent.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"The Independent","country":"GB","cred":3,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Israel-Lebanon agreement shines light on long-lost Jewish community","plainHeadline":"Israel-Lebanon talks shed light on Lebanon’s remaining Jews","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Lebanon’s once-thriving Jewish community faded after 1967 and civil war.","Last month’s Israel-Hezbollah war spurred direct negotiations between the countries.","Israel agreed to free five civilians in exchange for help locating bodies of missing Jewish leaders.","Rabbi Elie Abadie, now in Dubai, recalls Lebanon’s diminished Jewish life and hopes to return someday.","Estimates place the remaining Lebanese Jewish population at about 20 people."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-18T05:07:07.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T05:41:26.988Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/cb2a3378-66c4-41d1-8f87-453141b9c5ae","storyId":"cb2a3378-66c4-41d1-8f87-453141b9c5ae","image":"https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/10/18/06/Lebanon_Jewish_Community_485_4.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2","author":"Bassem Mroue","dek":"Rabbi Elie Abadie, who left Lebanon over 50 years ago, remains deeply connected to his Lebanese roots"}