Daniel Estrin

had encouraged these talks, but Lebanon's prime minister said his country was far from normalizing ties with Israel.

There have been escalating attacks by Israel targeting Hezbollah.

Lebanese officials say these attacks have also killed hundreds of civilians.

Israel has been threatening more action if Hezbollah is not disarmed.

Lebanon says it's aiming to disarm the group in the country's south this month, but there's no clear timeline for disarming Hezbollah in the rest of the country.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Israel's prime minister's office called it an initial attempt to create a basis for a relationship and economic cooperation between the neighboring countries which have no diplomatic ties.

The U.S.

had encouraged these talks, but Lebanon's prime minister said his country was far from normalizing ties with Israel.

There have been escalating attacks by Israel targeting Hezbollah.

Lebanese officials say these attacks have also killed hundreds of civilians.

Israel has been threatening more action if Hezbollah is not disarmed.

Lebanon says it's aiming to disarm the group in the country's south this month, but there's no clear timeline for disarming Hezbollah in the rest of the country.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

You may have heard about Israel's Iron Dome system that launches interceptors at rockets from Gaza and Lebanon.

Now Israel has developed a laser to do the same thing.

The iron beam is set for deployment by the end of the month.

It was on display at an expo in Tel Aviv.

Ari Sasher is with the Israeli defense company Rafael that developed it.

Other military technology Israel developed in the last two years of war include unmanned vehicles that destroy buildings and guiding systems for exploding drones.