Trump Administration Secures 24-Hour Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire as Iran Ties Peace Deal to Lebanon
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Trump Administration Secures 24-Hour Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire as Iran Ties Peace Deal to Lebanon
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Summary
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire will take effect within 24 hours once all parties approve it, marking a U.S.-brokered step toward wider regional de-escalation.
Tehran had made a Lebanon ceasefire a condition for any deal with Washington and warned it could intervene directly if Israel kept escalating attacks on Hezbollah.
Israel cast doubt on the truce’s durability: Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military would keep striking in Lebanon for now and would not withdraw from the south.
The agreement follows a fresh regional flare-up that killed at least six people in southern Lebanon and coincided with intense U.S.-Iran exchanges in the Gulf after April’s separate Iran ceasefire.
Can a fragile Mideast ceasefire hold when key nations still launch strikes and disagree on the truce's fundamental terms?
With the Strait of Hormuz closed, will economic pain force a peace deal faster than military or diplomatic efforts can?
As U.S. missile stocks dwindle, can diplomacy succeed before the high-tech war becomes strategically unsustainable?
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Overview
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