Middle East crisis live: Israel strikes targets in Lebanon as US-Iran talks in Switzerland called off
AI Summary
The United States and Iran have formalized a peace agreement intended to halt regional military hostilities, but Israeli forces have conducted military strikes in southern Lebanon shortly after the accord entered force. Israeli leadership announced that troops would maintain their position in southern Lebanon pending improved security conditions and released maps indicating expanded territorial control in the region. The ongoing operations have resulted in civilian casualties and raised concerns from Lebanese refugees and international observers about the agreement's immediate effectiveness.
Progressive: Progressive-leaning outlets emphasize Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, focusing on civilian deaths and the hesitation of Lebanese refugees to return home despite the supposed end to conflict.
Moderate: Moderate outlets report both the US-Iran agreement and Israel's continued military operations, noting the tension between these developments and expressing concern from Iran and international observers about potential violations of the accord.
Conservative: Conservative-leaning outlets frame Israel's territorial expansion in Lebanon and Syria as a necessary security measure, emphasizing the significance of military gains and the need to maintain forces for regional stability.
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Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency is saying at least 16 people have been killed in the Israeli airstrikes, which Israel’s military said were ongoing, while Hezbollah said there was intense fighting in southern Lebanon.
The fighting poses a threat to the new US-Iran agreement on ending the war, which calls for an immediate halt of military operations “on all fronts, including in Lebanon”.
Vance lashed out at Israeli critics of the Iran deal, saying Donald Trump was Israel’s only ally left in the world, in a sharp rebuke that referenced the billions in defence aid the country receives from America. Trump “is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time”, Vance told reporters.
Trump said the US expected “a complete ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah and Israel”, adding in a social media post: “We encourage everyone in the Middle East Region to maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations to beautifully unfold.”
Iran’s supreme leader said he approved the deal with the US despite having a “different view”, without elaborating. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in message read on state television: “In principle, I had a different view [about the memorandum of understanding], but I issued my permission due to the commitment that the honourable [Iranian] president, as the chairman of the Supreme National Security Council, gave me on behalf of himself and other members to protect the rights of the Iranian nation and the resistance front.”
In Khamenei’s message on Thursday – his first reaction to the Iran-US deal – he claimed Trump had “used all kinds of levers” to secure the deal “out of desperation”. The US president has claimed the agreement is a victory for Washington and averts a “worldwide depression”.
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