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Iran confirms it has reached a deal with the US to end fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
US President Donald Trump announces an end to Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports and says the Strait of Hormuz will reopen on Friday when the agreement is signed in Switzerland.
Trump slams Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for nearly derailing the deal and says the Israeli leader “should be very thankful” for the US diplomatic efforts.
World leaders welcome the agreement as oil prices drop and markets rally in Asia.
Israeli defence chief vows to occupy southern Lebanon despite deal
Israel will not withdraw from territory it seized in Lebanon and if Iran attacks it over events in Lebanon Israel will retaliate, says Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz.
Lebanon was drawn into the conflict when fighting broke out between Israel and Hezbollah on March 2. An April ceasefire in Lebanon was never observed, and the fighting has continued despite a new conditional truce deal announced last week after Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington.
Israel’s Ben-Gvir says ‘Trump’s agreement does not bind us’
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says Israel is not a “subordinate of the United States”.
“We are an independent and sovereign nation,” he said on X, adding: “We are not partners to this agreement that does not ensure our security, and it does not bind us in any way.”
“We must not compromise on anything less than the dismantling of Hezbollah, we must not withdraw from any territory that our fighters have captured and cleared of terror infrastructure, we must not return to a situation where thousands of terrorists sit on the fences of northern settlements, and certainly we must not remain silent for a moment in the face of fire directed at the State of Israel,” the minister added.
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