Middle East crisis live: Conflict continues in Lebanon despite Trump hailing Israeli-Hezbollah de-escalation | Lebanon
Summary: Conflict in Lebanon continues despite Trump applauding Israel-Hezbollah de-escalation
Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s ongoing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
Donald Trump Announced that an agreement was reached to reduce conflicts LebanonIt killed thousands of people and inflamed tensions in the full-scale US-Israeli war with Iran.
Trump said HezbollahHe promised not to attack through intermediaries IsraelThe prime minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu He agreed to withdraw the troops preparing to attack Beirut.
“Let’s see how long this lasts – I hope it lasts forever!” Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform.
According to the Lebanese Embassy washingtonThe agreement will not end the conflict in that country. But he calls on Israel to refrain from attacks. Beirut and its suburbs under Hezbollah control IranianThe aligned group will stop its attacks on Israel.
Despite the agreement, hostilities in Southern Lebanon, which Israel occupied in March, appear to continue. This morning the Israeli military said two bullets passing from Lebanon into northern Israel were intercepted and no injuries were reported.
Following Trump’s statement, Netanyahu said that Israel would continue its military operations in southern Lebanon, where its ground forces were advancing towards Lebanon. Zahrani RiverThe deepest attack on Lebanon in the last 25 years. There was no mention of a new ceasefire in the statement.
Hezbollah member of parliament Hasan Fadlallah He said the group would support a complete ceasefire in all of Lebanon as a precursor to the withdrawal of Israeli troops. He did not say whether the group would stop its attacks on Israeli territory.
Lebanon said it would try to extend the ceasefire in talks with Israel tomorrow in Washington. That could pave the way for renewed efforts to end a three-month war that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The process has remained in limbo for weeks due to a fragile ceasefire as negotiators failed to agree on an initial framework for peace talks.
In other developments:
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According to reports in state media, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has threatened to open “new fronts” and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed due to Israel’s attack on Lebanon. “Iran thinks that crossing the red lines in Lebanon and Gaza means direct war,” the Revolutionary Guard’s intelligence agency said, according to state TV.
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The top Iranian diplomat said that the ceasefire currently in force between Iran and the US is an undisputed ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon. yesterday after Netanyahu ordered an attack on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut. The Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “Violation on one front means violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The United States and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.” Abbas Araghchi He wrote to X.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will face questions in Congress today for the first time since the start of the Iran war. He will testify before House and Senate committees about the state department’s 2027 budget request, where he is expected to face questions about Trump’s war effort and shifting diplomatic goals.
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As Middle East peace talks stalled and tensions between Iran and the United States increased, oil prices rose and stocks fell. Crude oil futures rose more than 5% yesterday after an Iranian news agency reported that Tehran had suspended negotiations with the United States through mediators, AFP reported.
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U.S. forces intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces in Kuwait late Sunday.The US military said yesterday. The statement stated that no American personnel were harmed.
important events
Netanyahu: ‘Iran paid a very heavy price and is doomed to fall’
Israeli prime minister in a message to David Barnea, outgoing director of Mossad (Israel’s national intelligence agency) Benjamin Netanyahu He said Iran had paid a “very heavy” price and was “doomed to fall”.
He wrote to X:
Yesterday we bid farewell to the outgoing head of Mossad, Dedi Barnea.
The price Iran is currently paying is very heavy. The foundations of this terrorist regime in Iran have been shaken. It will never be the same and I’m telling you – is doomed to fall.
I have come to thank Dedi on behalf of myself and the entire nation. Thank you for your 30 years of dedicated service to the Mossad, and special thanks for the last few years that have yielded extraordinary achievements and achievements for the benefit of Israel’s security.
Lebanese armed forces said: Two soldiers were injured “as a result of being targeted by a hostile Israeli drone” On the road between the towns of Habbouch and Deir ez-Zahrani in southern Lebanon.
There has been no statement from the Israeli army yet.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported At least eight people were killed this morning in Israeli bombings in Southern Lebanon.
This happened despite Donald Trump announcing an agreement to halt attacks that neither Israel nor Hezbollah publicly acknowledged.
According to NNA, Israeli attacks were reported in the southern Lebanese towns of Jibchit, Toul and Kfar Sir, just north of the Litani River. Other areas in the Nabatieh region were also targeted, NNA reported.
According to NNA, at least four people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tire yesterday and the Jabal Amel hospital in the city was seriously damaged.
French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, He condemned Israel’s occupation of parts of Lebanon after Israeli troops captured Beaufort, a Crusade-era fortress in the south of the country.
“Nothing can justify the continuation of military operations and prolonged Israeli occupation deep within Lebanese territory.” he told French television.
“Of course, that’s why we called for a ceasefire: for Hezbollah to stop attacking Israel, for Israel to stop attacking Lebanon, and for this dialogue between the Israeli and Lebanese governments, which has started for the first time in a long time, to be able to continue.”
The fourth round of direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, hosted by the United States, is scheduled to begin today.
Summary: Conflict in Lebanon continues despite Trump applauding Israel-Hezbollah de-escalation
Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s ongoing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
Donald Trump Announced that an agreement was reached to reduce conflicts LebanonIt killed thousands of people and inflamed tensions in the full-scale US-Israeli war with Iran.
Trump said HezbollahHe promised not to attack through intermediaries IsraelThe prime minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu He agreed to withdraw the troops preparing to attack Beirut.
“Let’s see how long this lasts – I hope it lasts forever!” Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform.
According to the Lebanese Embassy washingtonThe agreement will not end the conflict in that country. But he calls on Israel to refrain from attacks. Beirut and its suburbs under Hezbollah control IranianThe aligned group will stop its attacks on Israel.
Despite the agreement, hostilities in Southern Lebanon, which Israel occupied in March, appear to continue. This morning the Israeli military said two bullets passing from Lebanon into northern Israel were intercepted and no injuries were reported.
Following Trump’s statement, Netanyahu said that Israel would continue its military operations in southern Lebanon, where its ground forces were advancing towards Lebanon. Zahrani RiverThe deepest attack on Lebanon in the last 25 years. There was no mention of a new ceasefire in the statement.
Hezbollah member of parliament Hasan Fadlallah He said the group would support a complete ceasefire in all of Lebanon as a precursor to the withdrawal of Israeli troops. He did not say whether the group would stop its attacks on Israeli territory.
Lebanon said it would try to extend the ceasefire in talks with Israel tomorrow in Washington. That could pave the way for renewed efforts to end a three-month war that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The process has remained in limbo for weeks due to a fragile ceasefire as negotiators failed to agree on an initial framework for peace talks.
In other developments:
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According to reports in state media, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has threatened to open “new fronts” and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed due to Israel’s attack on Lebanon. “Iran thinks that crossing the red lines in Lebanon and Gaza means direct war,” the Revolutionary Guard’s intelligence agency said, according to state TV.
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The top Iranian diplomat said that the ceasefire currently in force between Iran and the US is an undisputed ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon. yesterday after Netanyahu ordered an attack on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut. The Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “Violation on one front means violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The United States and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.” Abbas Araghchi He wrote to X.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will face questions in Congress today for the first time since the start of the Iran war. He will testify before House and Senate committees about the state department’s 2027 budget request, where he is expected to face questions about Trump’s war effort and shifting diplomatic goals.
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As Middle East peace talks stalled and tensions between Iran and the United States increased, oil prices rose and stocks fell. Crude oil futures rose more than 5% yesterday after an Iranian news agency reported that Tehran had suspended negotiations with the United States through mediators, AFP reported.
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U.S. forces intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces in Kuwait late Sunday.The US military said yesterday. The statement stated that no American personnel were harmed.
