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Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade strikes as Trump tells US media he has asked Netanyahu to be more ‘low-key’ in Lebanon. Follow live news
There was much uncertainty about the durability of the cease-fire and whether the two sides could reach a long-term deal, as Vice President JD Vance traveled to Pakistan for the talks.
Iran’s military has been significantly degraded but retains substantial firepower, according to U.S. and Israeli assessments. Officials
The Israeli prime minister's response to the ceasefire has been muted, in contrast to the triumphal statements from the US and Iran.
Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
As contention over the two-week ceasefire deal between the US, Israel and Iran continues, Trump has said that Iran's handling of ships in the Strait of Hormuz is not satisfactory. Israel's attacks on Lebanon ensue.
The ceasefire has halted U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran. But it has not ended Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused the biggest-ever disruption to global energy supplies, or calmed a parallel war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.