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April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26105336719170-1776284611.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Israeli army vehicles and bulldozers operate in southern Lebanon [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo] ## What are the prospects for a ceasefire? As things stand, the chances
April 13, 2026 [Aziz Taher/Reuters] Hezbollah said it attacked Israeli troops inside Lebanon as well as the rescue force that came to evacuate them, targeting a newly established Israeli artillery position in the town
southern Lebanon to prevent attacks from Hezbollah.  (Al Jazeera) Mohammad Bazzi, the mayor of Bint Jbeil, told Al Jazeera that the extensive destruction reflects
southern Beirut's al-Rihab neighborhood, April 9. T](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2666x2666+667+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F71%2F4d%2F0f7ba9a84828baa07d0e3bcecc82%2Fgettyimages-2269887850.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/g-s1-117045/hezbollah-commander-lebanon-israel) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [A Hezbollah commander describes battling Israel in Lebanon](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/g-s1-117045/hezbollah-commander-lebanon-israel) Speaking to Fox News on Monday
striking regional states and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz has dented the US’s appetite for renewing a costly and perhaps unremitting war against Tehran. ## Iranophobia For Netanyahu, the April 8 ceasefire
strike on an alleged Hezbollah site](/amp/news/2026/6/7/iran-fires-missiles-at-israel-after-beirut-attack-crossed-all-red-lines) in southern Beirut – an unofficial red line for Tehran – by launching a barrage of missiles at Israel. Israel then hit Tehran and other cities on Monday, threatening
April 8. Thousands of others are displaced. More than 200,000 migrant workers are living in Lebanon today, according to figures compiled by the American University of Beirut. According to a 2023 report
April 8, the US and Iran have maintained a tense ceasefire after weeks of US-Israeli bombing of Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel as well as infrastructure and US assets
strikes across Lebanon while Israel has expanded its military presence in the south of the country, now occupying about one-fifth of the country. The renewed diplomatic push also comes as Washington pursues parallel shuttle
April 13_2026_GMT1645-1776099548](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/INTERACTIVE_LIVETRACKER_IRAN_US_ISRAEL_MIDDLEEAST_ATTACKS_April-13_2026_GMT1645-1776099548.png?quality=80) ## In the US - **Senate to vote on war powers:** The Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a Democratic-led effort to limit Trump
APRIL 14, 2026-1776162674](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/INTERACTIVE-Alternative-route-through0Dthe-Strait-of-Hormuz-APRIL-14-2026-1776162674.png?quality=80) ### Enriched uranium Another core issue is Iran’s nuclear programme, particularly its stock of enriched uranium. The US and Israel are pushing for zero uranium enrichment and have
April that Israeli forces “are remaining in Lebanon in a reinforced security buffer zone”. “This is a security strip 10 kilometres [6.2 miles] deep, which is much stronger, more intense, more continuous and more solid
strike on the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanoun an-Naher on May 24, 2026.](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/afp_6a1408644fe4-1779697764.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on the Lebanese village of Deir Qanoun an-Naher
southern Lebanon killed a Lebanese journalist, Amal Khalil, and wounded a photographer accompanying her**, a senior Lebanese military official and Khalil’s employer said. The death of Khalil, 43, brought the death toll to five
2026_GMT0845-1779279257](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/DEATH-TOLL-1780306966.png?quality=80) ## In Iran - **Production restored at South Pars:** Iran has restored gas production at three offshore platforms in the South Pars gasfield after [Israel attacked them](/economy/2026/3/19/why-are-irans-south-pars-gasfield-qatars-ras-laffan-so-significant) in March
April 19, 2026 **Bilal Hussein/AP** Bilal Hussein/AP "We are witnessing the continuing utmost contempt for the international legal order, for diplomacy, and above all for the lives of civilians and the environment in Lebanon
2026 [AFP] In the village of Burj Shemali in Tyre, an Israeli air attack on Tuesday killed several people, including two children and three women, and wounded 16 others, among them five children
southern Lebanese area of al-Hosh, near the coastal city of Tyre on May 26, 2026. **AFP via Getty Images** AFP via Getty Images The prospect of an imminent agreement
2026. [AFP] (AFP) The latest escalation was prompted by Israel’s [bombardment of Beirut](/features/2026/6/8/lebanon-children-face-physical-psychological-trauma-israel-war) on Sunday, which prompted Iran to launch missiles at northern Israel. Trump reportedly called Netanyahu
Israeli phone number that she would be killed if she did not leave southern Lebanon, where she was based. - **What is a double-tap attack?** Forces [target a location](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/israel-escalates-attacks-on-medics-in-lebanon-with-deadly-quadruple-tap), wait until people