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Israel and Hezbollah’s official line is that the ceasefire is still in place – despite the continuous violations. Hezbollah has linked the ceasefire to broader regional diplomacy involving Iran, with talks between the US
involved recognise that Lebanon's security forces have exclusive responsibility for Lebanon's security - Israel and Lebanon requested that the US continues to facilitate further direct talks with the objective of "resolving all remaining issues
US Central Command said it has turned back 31 vessels, mostly oil tankers, as part of a large-scale naval blockade involving at least 10,000 soldiers, 17 warships and more than 100 aircraft. - **Blockade
talks involving both the US and Iran would go ahead in Islamabad on Friday, with apparent preparations in place for them to be held at the city’s Serena hotel. An Iranian source confirmed that
involvement in the war and blocked measures targeting arms sales to Israel, though growing opposition signals shifting political pressure. ## In Israel - **‘Identical’ goals:** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel and the US
talks in Paris involving nearly 50 countries, which Turner said signalled global resolve to prevent tolls or restrictions being imposed on the shipping route, normally used to move one fifth of the world
US and Israel have since insisted that is a separate issue. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said that any peace negotiations would be “meaningless” if they took place as bombs continued to fall
US President Donald Trump met Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a shaky ceasefire set to expire. **BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty
talks between the US and Iran last weekend in Pakistan, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, **Saeed Khatibzadeh, said a second date cannot be set until both sides “have agreed on the framework”.** - Iran’s supreme
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 with Iran are ahead, the US vice-president said** **Washington had made its red lines clear** on ending
involved in these overlapping 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
talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan over next two days, according to an interview with the New York Post.** “You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days
peace talks,” he said, adding that “signs of improvement on the Israel-Lebanon front over the past two days are encouraging.” Yousuf said a Lebanon ceasefire would send an important signal to Iran. “Extending
Israel should be required to join the ceasefire, as Iran demands, by ending its attacks on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Iran feels a strong obligation to protect Hezbollah from Israeli assaults, and the EU Commission
talks. Israel had agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon in 2024, but U.N. peacekeepers recorded more than 10,000 violations of that agreement, mostly by Israeli forces. --- ## Thousands in Lebanon head home despite warnings Thousands
talks and bouts of fighting have continued throughout the most recent truce. - **What about a peace deal with Iran?** When asked how long he would wait for a long-term deal with Iran, he replied
peace talks and came after a senior Iranian official said that Trump's [ceasefire extension "means nothing."](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed at least five people, including Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil
US President Lyndon B Johnson during a special audience at the Vatican City, Rome, December 23rd 1967.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4950x3739+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcc%2Ffb%2Ffdbfb0164829a6330f2f48656b22%2Fgettyimages-508726394.jpg) Pope Paul VI talking to President Lyndon Johnson during a special audience at the Vatican
involves thousands of troops, more than one dozen US ships and dozens of aircraft. “US forces are supporting freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz) to and from
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