A ceasefire, scheduled talks, continuing strikes: BBC reports across the Middle Eastpublished at 12:39 BST
12:39 BST
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In Tehran, Iran, buildings have been reduced to rubble during the conflict
A ceasefire between Iran and the US is in place and peace talks are expected this weekend, but strikes continue between Hezbollah and Israel.
Throughout the latest developments, the BBC has been speaking to those affected and reporting across the region:
In Iran, where fighting has been paused for two weeks, 15-year-old Ali – not his real name – tells the BBC’s Fergal Keane that due to the war “even the smallest sound causes my brain to react very badly”.
“I should be able to study, to work and become an independent person in the future. [I should] not be constantly worrying about politics, living in stress, thinking about bombs falling…[with] endless fears,” he says.
In Lebanon, war rages on. The guns were supposed to have fallen silent, writes the BBC’s Hugo Bachega, but just as the region was breathing a sigh of relief, Israeli jets conducted a 10-minute blitz across Lebanon.
He’s been reporting on the ground in the Lebanese capital Beirut, in the video below you can watch his latest report from the site of an Israeli airstrike:
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BBC at the site of Israeli air strikes in Beirut
In Israel, the BBC’s Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reported from the scene of a strike in Haifa, northern Israel before the conditional ceasefire was agreed. Watch Lucy’s report below.
Analysis: Ceasefire or no ceasefire, the Middle East’s reshuffling is not yet done, our international editor Jeremy Bowen writes, and the biggest obstacle to the success of talks between the US and Iran is the total absence of trust.
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‘Daily gamble of Russian roulette’: BBC at site of Iran strike on Haifa, Israel