In the months since President

The war expanded to an Israeli invasion and an intensified aerial bombardment of Lebanon in October. Israel said that it targeted sites associated with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite militia. There, the fighting broadly ended after some two months. Lebanon’s Heath Ministry says more than 4,000 people have been killed since Oct. 8, 2023, when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel.A woman holds up a poster of the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, during a commemoration for him at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman holds up a poster of the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, during a commemoration for him at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A convoy of Israeli troops moves in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)A convoy of Israeli troops moves in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Muslim pilgrims prayers at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Muslim pilgrims prayers at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A displaced child carries filled water bottles at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A displaced child carries filled water bottles at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Lawmakers in Colombia on Wednesday once again blocked

efforts to overhaul the country’s labor laws, this time bythat would have asked voters whether workdays should be limited to eight hours and whether workers should receive double pay if they work during holidays.

Petro asked Congress earlier this month to approve the 12-question referendum to give voters a chance tothat lawmakers themselves had already rejected twice. He had warned lawmakers against blocking the referendum, saying before thousands of people gathered for a Labor Day demonstration on May 1 that if they did not approve it, Colombians would punish them at the polls during the 2026 legislative elections.