Here are Tuesday’s latest updates from Israel, Lebanon, Gaza and the wider Middle East:
■ U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed to “the highest level” of nuclear inspections and that inspectors will be on the ground at an “appropriate time,” but Iranian officials rejected the claim, saying IAEA access was not part of current understandings.
■ Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran “will never negotiate its defensive ability,” stressing that missile capabilities were not included in any memorandum with the U.S. and “never will be.”
■ U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said no country can impose tolls or fees on international waterways, rejecting renewed debate over potential transit charges in the Strait of Hormuz under international law.
■ Israeli gunfire in southern Lebanon killed two people, Lebanese authorities said, while the IDF said troops fired on suspected Hezbollah operatives who crossed into a security zone. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 4,192 people have been killed and 12,171 wounded in Israeli attacks since March 2, as cross-border violence continues.
■ Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon will accept nothing less than an end to the “Israeli occupation” of southern Lebanon, as U.S.-mediated Israel-Lebanon negotiations continue in Washington.
■ Israel’s envoy to the U.S. warned Hezbollah may be “emboldened” and described current Israel-Lebanon negotiations as a “train wreck” in danger of “going off the rails.
■ The International Maritime Organization said it has begun coordinating evacuation efforts for roughly 11,000 seafarers stranded across hundreds of ships in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing disruptions.