have paused tit-for-tat<\/a> attacks against each other that had threatened to unravel the fragile ceasefire in place since April 8, but tensions remain high. Tehran has warned that fighting could resume if Israel continues with its attacks, including on Lebanon.<\/p>\nThe ceasefire is also facing pressure from growing public disagreements between Israel and the United States. According to Axios, US President Donald Trump warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be \u201ccareful\u201d as continued strikes risk undermining the truce.<\/p>\n
The Iranian parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said repeated Israeli violations showed there was no \u201cgenuine will to build trust\u201d. He warned that the ceasefire remains brittle and could break.<\/p>\n
Here is what\u2019s happening:<\/p>\n
In Iran
\nIsrael said it targeted the Mahshahr petrochemical complex in the southwest on Monday, one of Iran\u2019s most important industrial centres. Iranian media reported no casualties, while authorities continue to assess the extent of the damage and potential economic losses.
\nWar diplomacy
\nIsrael\u2019s ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, said negotiations between Washington and Tehran have \u201cnothing to do with Lebanon\u201d, accusing Iran of trying to connect the two issues. Speaking to Fox News, Leiter said Israeli operations against Hezbollah are separate from the US-Iran talks and warned that \u201cLebanon will not have a future if it remains linked to Iran\u201d.
\nAnalysts say Israel\u2019s decision to launch new strikes on Iran despite Trump\u2019s calls for restraint was intended to signal to the US that no lasting agreement with Tehran can ignore Israeli interests. Military historian Danny Orbach said the strikes were a message to Washington that Israel retains the ability to disrupt negotiations if it believes its security concerns are being overlooked.
\nIn the US
\nTrump said on Monday he warned Netanyahu that the Israeli PM could find himself \u201con your own very soon\u201d if he carried out further strikes on Iran. According to Axios, the president urged Netanyahu not to retaliate after Iran signalled it would halt attacks, highlighting growing tensions between Washington and Israel over the future of the ceasefire.
\nPhyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies said Trump\u2019s warning to Israel would carry more weight if it were backed by concrete actions. She argued that continued US military aid, diplomatic support and weapons transfers undermine the message, leaving little reason for Netanyahu to view the comments as a meaningful shift in US policy.
\nIn Lebanon
\nHezbollah said it carried out 16 operations against Israeli forces on Monday, targeting troop gatherings, military vehicles and equipment across southern Lebanon. The group said it used drones, guided missiles, artillery and loitering munitions in attacks near Beaufort Castle, Odaisseh and Yohmor al-Shaqif, claiming to have destroyed ammunition transport vehicles and military bulldozers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXPLAINER Iran warns fighting could restart as tensions remain high and Trump urges Israel to protect the fragile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2490,2542,43,5575,6897,46467,55319,12241,44,84,41,39,42,40,1055,262188],"class_list":["post-724924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-donald-trump","tag-explainer","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-israel-attacks-lebanon","tag-lebanon","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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