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involved in the talks. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Lebanon, said Trump’s post was “very controversial”. “When he talks about giving Lebanon and Israel some ‘breathing space’, it could be interpreted
Hezbollah, with few but continued attacks reported since the start of the truce on 17 April. 
Hezbollah infrastructure, with Israel’s defence minister, [Israel](https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel) Katz, calling for “all homes in Lebanese villages near the border” to be destroyed to “remove threats”. However, Human Rights Watch has said that
conflict could further escalate, despite the near-month-long fragile ceasefire. Tehran has been effectively blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf for more than two months, after the US and Israel attacked Iran
Hezbollah’s disarmament as a priority, with no mention of a truce or a withdrawal of its forces from southern Lebanon. **Circling back to [JD Vance’s comments](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/13/iran-war-live-news-ceasefire-peace-talks-us-trump-strait-hormuz-blockade-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69dd6c058f0823a7954daca3#block-69dd6c058f0823a7954daca3) about whether more talks