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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is linked to broader U.S. efforts to draw its war with Iran to a close. Tehran has insisted that the fighting in Lebanon remain paused as a precondition for further peace talks
comments suggest renewed diplomatic efforts are under way amid weeks of escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian defended Tehran’s [participation in talks](/news/2026/5/18/pakistans-mediation-faces-limits-as-iran-us-tensions-deepen) while rejecting suggestions that the country
Trump announced a ceasefire deal between the governments of Israel and Lebanon on 16 April. Most of Israel's air strikes have hit southern Lebanon, with the military saying it is striking infrastructure and people
comments aired shortly before the US Central Command (Centcom) [announced](https://x.com/centcom/status/2064457103134343170?s=46&t=l9kYTYnczdcmRxIf7ooCqA) that US forces had begun to launch “self-defense strikes” on Iran in response to the downing of the Apache helicopter near
commentator Abed Abou Shhadeh has told Al Jazeera that Israelis, especially those in the north of the country, have borne the brunt of attacks from Hezbollah and that has left them frustrated with news
conflict United States President Donald Trump and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Sunday that they had reached an [initial deal](/news/2026/6/14/anticipation-pushback-in-iran-as-mediators-work-to-finalise-deal-with-us) to end the [war](/news/liveblog/2026/6/14/iran-war-live-trump-says-deal-to-be-signed-today-as-tehran-urges-caution) and to resume traffic through
comment on the claim, but Tehran has long asserted that [its right to enrich Uranium inside the country is sacrosanct.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/rationale-behind-iran-uranium-enrichment-nuclear-ambitions) Aragchi’s statement that the strait was “declared completely open” came
comments were not the evening’s only political barb. When former [UFC](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ufc) bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley faced Canada’s Aiemann Zahabi, the bout took on a nationalistic fervor. Trump donned
comments about the pope were not warmly received in Italy. Photograph: Domenico Stinellis/AP Italy’s government has entered a turbulent phase in recent days after its defeat in [a justice referendum backed by Rome
commentators who condemned both the deal and the Israeli prime minister. “The greater the fury, the greater the roar, the greater the defeat,” he added, in a scathing account of Netanyahu’s strategy before
Trump. NNA reported that Israeli air and artillery strikes intensified across the south of the country on Wednesday, with attacks in a number of cities, towns and villages. It said nine people were killed when
Israel's current invasion.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3002x3000+916+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F37%2Ff9%2F92385639419cb4885ce9c3a893ac%2F20260325-dsc1308.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5761904/lebanon-war-israel-hezbollah-displacement-ceasefire) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Born in south Lebanon, displaced to Beirut, two grandmothers reflect on Israeli invasions](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5761904/lebanon-war-israel-hezbollah-displacement-ceasefire) Abbas Araghchi was in Islamabad last
comments from members of Netanyahu's own Likud party, and far-right cabinet ministers in his governing coalition, also show the pressure he faces from his own side - most sharply over the demand from Tehran
comments came as Donald Trump, speaking at the G7 leaders summit in Geneva, rounded on the Israeli prime minister, [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.theguardian.com/world/benjamin-netanyahu), saying he had to behave “more responsibly in Lebanon”, adding that
comment from Iran or Israel. Trump said speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had pressed the U.S. to go to war, went "very well." **There had been growing optimism among officials** Earlier
conflicts get something out of the latest deal. For US President Donald Trump and the leadership in Iran, it's a chance to take credit for bringing about a ceasefire. Netanyahu can point
comments](https://en.irna.ir/news/86131191/Ghalibaf-says-Iran-controls-Strait-of-Hormuz-warns-of-limits) made on Iranian state TV overnight, stressing: "It is impossible for others to pass through the Strait of Hormuz while we cannot." The U.S. military [said on X](https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2045464604688384243?s=20)
comment to Fox News come as the memorandum of understanding between the US and [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) is set to be formally signed on Friday in Geneva at a ceremony with Vance and chief
comments signal cautious movement on diplomacy despite ongoing tensions. Meanwhile, dozens of countries have called for the “urgent and unimpeded reopening” of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial maritime route through which one-fifth
comments by Merz that Tehran is “humiliating” Washington at the negotiating table. Merz said that “the Americans obviously have no strategy”, to which Trump said the chancellor “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have