{"id":398262,"date":"2026-04-18T06:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/398262\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:34:15","slug":"trump-iran-truce-ends-if-no-deal-reached-by-wednesday-u-s-may-start-dropping-bombs-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/398262\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Iran Truce Ends if No Deal Reached by Wednesday, U.S. May &#8216;Start Dropping Bombs Again&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Here are Saturday&#8217;s updates from the U.S.-Iran cease-fire and Israel&#8217;s war with Hezbollah:<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 An average of \u2060at least 47 women \u200cand girls were killed each day during the war in \u200cGaza, according to figures published by UN Women on Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Lebanon&#8217;s \u2060health ministry \u200csaid on Friday that \u200cat least 2,294 people have \u2060been killed and 7,544 wounded \u2060in Israeli attacks since March 2, adding that the toll remains non-final pending debris \u200cremoval, body recovery and \u200cDNA identification.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Iran has &#8220;agreed to everything&#8221; and will work with the United States to remove its enriched uranium, President Donald Trump told CBS News in an interview. However, Iran&#8217;s foreign ministry spokesperson told Iranian state TV that Iran has never considered transferring its enriched uranium to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The IDF said that its forces shot and killed a Palestinian who crossed the Yellow Line delineating Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza, alleging that he presented an &#8220;immediate threat&#8221; to troops.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 France and U.K. set up naval force to protect shipping in Strait of Hormuz. The multinational force will have a strictly defensive mandate and will operate to secure merchant shipping and clear mines from the strait, subject to conditions allowing such activity after a stable cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Iran will reciprocate if the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Qaani told Iranian state TV.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The IDF said that minutes before the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon took effect, Israeli special forces landed on the slopes of Mount Hermon on Thursday, in southern Lebanon and seized control of the Christofani Ridge.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona will shut down schools and services to protest the Lebanon cease-fire, its mayor announced.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 An Israeli drone \u200cstrike killed one person \u2060in southern Lebanon \u2060on Friday, the first full day of a U.S.-brokered truce meant \u200cto end \u200chostilities between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah, paramedics in the area and the head of a local hospital \u2060told Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are Saturday&#8217;s updates from the U.S.-Iran cease-fire and Israel&#8217;s war with Hezbollah: \u25a0 An average of \u2060at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[157718,49,54,50,51,42,86,1031,99446,9152,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-398262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-2026-israel-iran-war","9":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-hamas","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-hezbollah","15":"tag-idf","16":"tag-iran-u-s","17":"tag-israel-u-s","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-top-news","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-topnews","22":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}