The small South American nation of Paraguay reopened its embassy in Jerusalem on Thursday, becoming the latest of just a small handful of countries to recognize the bitterly contested city as Israel’s capital.

An Israeli strike killed at least one person Thursday in the Lebanese border town of Khiam, the state news agency said, less than a day after Israeli troops handed the hilltop village back to the Lebanese army in coordination with U.N. peacekeepers,

Paraguay's President Santiago Pena vowed on Thursday to stand with Israel, as he inaugurated the Latin American country's embassy after it moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem for a second time.Paraguay moved its embassy to Jerusalem a first time in May 2018,

Paraguay formally opened its new Jerusalem embassy in Israel on Thursday in a ceremony attended by President Santiago Peña and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following a back-and-forth struggle over the diplomatic seat that kicked off in 2018.

President Isaac Herzog welcomes Paraguayan President Santiago Peña at his official residence in Jerusalem as part of a state visit that will see the inauguration of the South American nation’s new embassy in Jerusalem.