{"id":18950,"date":"2024-11-18T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenalkalay-gut.com\/?p=18950"},"modified":"2024-11-18T20:04:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T18:04:23","slug":"lebanon-18-11-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenalkalay-gut.com\/lebanon-18-11-24\/","title":{"rendered":"lebanon – 18.11.24"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18950\" class=\"elementor elementor-18950\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b179b1d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b179b1d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37e83d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37e83d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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