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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Israeli military says it carried out an airstrike in Lebanon today on the third day of what's supposed to be a ceasefire there. Both Israel and Hezbollah militants are accusing the other of violating the agreement. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports, so far the violence has been sporadic and the truce for the most part appears to be holding. The Israeli military published video of what it says is a Hezbollah rocket launcher being blown up by Israeli warplanes. It says it's acting to enforce violations of the ceasefire, but

Lebanese officials accuse Israel of breaking it. Lebanese state media say Israeli artillery also hit at least three villages, and that Israeli soldiers opened fire on civilians in at least one other. Israeli soldiers are still in Lebanon. They have 60 days to withdraw. They've imposed a curfew in a roughly 20-mile-wide swath of southern Lebanon near the Israeli border, and they're urging civilians to stay out of other areas altogether where soldiers may still be operating. Lauren Freyer and PR News Beirut. Several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks received bomb threats to their

homes this week. NPR's Julianna Kim reports the FBI says an investigation is underway. Among those targeted by bomb threats were Elise Stefanik, who president-elect Donald Trump picked to be the next ambassador to the United Nations, as well as Lee Zeldin, Trump's pick for the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency. According to the FBI, some of Trump's nominees were also the target of swatting attacks, which is when someone makes a hoax call about a crime occurring with the intention of drawing a massive law enforcement presence to a certain location.

It's a fear tactic that originated in the gaming community around 15 years ago. Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut also reported receiving bomb threats against their homes on Thanksgiving. Juliana Kim, NPR News. Polls have closed in Ireland. Voters cast their ballots to elect a new parliament today, which will eventually form a new government. The race has tightened in recent days, and Sinn Fein, a party with pass-links to Irish Republican army militants, may have a path to power. NPR's Fatima Al-Khassab is in Dublin. She says affordable housing was a major concern among voters there.

I. Ireland is a very rich country. It's generated a huge income from corporation taxes. It's actually one of the wealthiest in Europe. But people don't really feel it. It's got one of the worst housing crises in the EU and everyone I've talked to here, whatever their age or economic background, says that housing and the cost of living is key for them. An exit poll put Sinn Fein slightly ahead of Ireland's two traditional parties. Boat counting is scheduled to begin tomorrow. This is NPR.

Shoppers at independent bookstores are big fans of Kristin Hannah's book, The Women. The novel published in February but is still at the top of the indie bestsellers list. NPR's Andrew Limbong reports. Kristin Hannah's The Women follows Frankie McGrath, a young and sheltered nurse who enlists as an army nurse during the Vietnam War. When the book came out, critics praised Hannah's visceral writing about war and combat medicine. Coming in second so far is James, the novel by Percival Everett, retelling the Huck Finn story through the eyes of Jim, Huck's friend escaping slavery. That novel just won the National Book Award for fiction, which could give it a bump on

this list by the end of the year. Over in the non-fiction side, Eric Larson is so far the top seller this year, with his book The Demon of Unrest, about the months between President Lincoln's election and the beginning of the Civil War. Andrew Limbong and Pyrrha News. Pyrrha News Police are trying to figure out how a woman managed to get past security at JFK Airport in New York City and catch a flight to Paris without a ticket. The woman was also able and catch a flight to Paris without a ticket. The woman was also able to board a Delta Airlines plane without a seat assignment and managed not to get noticed until the flight was in midair.

Passenger Rob Jackson says she was noticed by others on the flight. She must have been hiding in one of the laboratories when we departed from JFK. And then during the flight, she was seen moving from one laboratory to another, never actually going to a passenger seat. The woman was taken into police custody when the plane landed at Charles de Gart Airport in Paris. This is NPR News.