Here are Monday’s latest updates:
■ Israeli troops shot to death two Palestinians who had thrown Molotov cocktails at the Israeli settlement of Karmei Tzur, in the West Bank’s Gush Etzion settlement bloc, causing a fire to break out outside the settlement, the IDF said.
■ Ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon in the coming week will determine the “pilot areas” which will be under exclusive Lebanese military control, requiring an IDF withdrawal from some of these areas, an Israeli source told Haaretz.
■ Earlier, Defense Minister Israel Katz said that “Israel will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon.”
■ Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland “delivered major progress to end Lebanon War,” due to Qatari and Pakistani mediation.
■ In a joint statement, Qatar and Pakistan said the parties agreed to create a “a de-confliction cell… to ensure the adherence of the termination of military operations in Lebanon.”
■ Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa said in an interview with Al-Mashhad TV that his country is interested in “solving the Hezbollah problem and preserving Lebanon.”
■ The Iranian delegation refused to return to the four-way talks in Switzerland after U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to reignite the war, but messages were exchanged through Qatari and Pakistani mediators, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim agency said, citing an informed source.
■ Trump said he would add The New York Times to a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit due to what he said was “false and ridiculous reporting” on “a very battered and beat up Iran,” and calling the paper’s coverage “treasonous.”
■ Responding to criticism from The New York Times, Trump touted U.S. military victories in Iran, saying that the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and that “the oil is gushing.”