Iran, Israel and Lebanon
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Despite a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, Israel has launched its biggest attacks yet against Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Iran maintains the ceasefire extends to Lebanon, a claim rejected by both the U.S. and Israel.
As Trump issues a new warning to Iran to comply with a tenuous two-week ceasefire, the two sides don't even seem to agree on the terms of the deal.
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Israel launched its biggest attack on Lebanon of the war so far, just hours after a ceasefire was announced.
Global markets were on a tear following news of the deal, which came after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to obliterate Iran unless it reopened the Strait of Hormuz oil passage. Oil prices also fell below $100 a barrel in welcome relief for consumers and businesses worldwide.
Amid jubilation over a U.S.-Iran ceasefire, Israel’s army said it struck more than 100 targets in Lebanon in 10 minutes in one of the deadliest days of the war in that country — posing a serious challenge to the truce.
Iran’s negotiators will arrive in Islamabad Thursday night for “serious talks” with the U.S. despite Israel’s continued ground operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran’s envoy to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam,