Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency reported Israeli warplanes targeting the southern town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa and a drone strike in Ansariyeh on the coast this morning. There was no immediate comment from the Israel<\/a> Defense Forces (IDF) on the reports.<\/p>\n In an update yesterday, the IDF said it intercepted \u201cseveral rockets\u201d launched by Hezbollah<\/a> towards its troops operating in southern Lebanon, and that it struck and destroyed the launcher.<\/p>\n Hezbollah has not issued any recent statements claiming attacks on Israeli targets in southern Lebanon. The group\u2019s leader, Naim Qassem, is due to make a televised address today, according to Hezbollah\u2019s Al-Manar TV.<\/p>\n The Iranian military\u2019s central command Khatam al-Anbiya said Israel must halt its acts of aggression in the south or face \u201ca harsh response\u201d from its forces. It accused Israel of violating the ceasefire in Lebanon \u201c84 times\u201d since the deal was announced.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s top diplomat and foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said a peace deal with the US would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon<\/a>. \u201cWithout the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the war has not fully come to an end,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Concerns have been growing that Israel could undermine diplomatic efforts to finally end the Middle East war, with Donald Trump<\/a> criticising his ally and war partner as irresponsible.<\/p>\n \u201cIsrael has been fighting Hezbollah for too long and too many people are being killed,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to knock down an apartment house when you are looking for somebody because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they are not all Hezbollah, that I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n A US-Iran deal aimed at ending the Middle East war will be signed at Switzerland\u2019s mountainside Burgenstock resort on Friday, the Swiss foreign ministry confirmed to AFP. The site, located near Lucerne in central Switzerland, is difficult to access and therefore easily secured. It \u201cwas proposed by the Pakistani and Qatari mediators, as well as by the US and Iran\u201d, Switzerland\u2019s foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n Two months of final negotiations will begin immediately after the initial deal between the US and Iran is signed. Negotiations will continue for a 60-day window after the ceremony, officials told AFP, leading to a plan for the lifting of economic sanctions and decisions on the fate of Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n Trump said that he would send the deal with Iran to the US Congress for a review. \u201cI like the idea, send it to Congress please,\u201d he said at the start of a meeting with the UAE president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the G7 summit. \u201cI mean who wouldn\u2019t approve it.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking at the G7, Trump has said the strait of Hormuz will be open by Friday and that the full text of the peace deal will be released in a \u201cformal setting\u201d. Trump also said he expects the \u201csecond stage\u201d of the deal \u201cto go quickly\u201d.<\/p>\n The US will allow Iran to immediately start selling oil and fuel again as part of the deal to end the war, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Iran can only sell oil if they keep to the terms of the deal, as US official told Reuters. It includes the free flow of navigation in the strait of Hormuz and not obtaining an nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n An Iranian deputy foreign minister said the two-month US naval blockade on Iranian ports had been lifted ahead of the planned formal signing of a deal ending the war. \u201cThe lifting of the blockade was something we had emphasised from the outset. It has now begun, and the blockade has been lifted prior to the formal signing\u201d scheduled for Friday, said Iranian deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi, according to the government\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Qatar, a key mediator between the US and Iran, said it believed the framework peace agreement could deliver security to the Middle East. \u201cWe are cautiously optimistic that the signing of the memorandum of understanding will lead to the next phase of regional security through the talks that will take place on the nuclear programme and on other issues,\u201d foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari told reporters in Doha, as he praised Pakistan\u2019s mediation efforts.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has described the US-Iran memorandum of understanding to end hostilities in the Middle East as a \u201cgamechanger\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cNot just for this situation \u2026 it allows us \u2013 and this is what\u2019s happened in the meeting \u2013 to step back and look anew at Ukraine,\u201d he told CNN on the final day of the G7 summit in France.<\/p>\n Canadian prime minister Mark Carney with US president Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France. Photograph: Getty Images<\/p>\n Carney said he has seen a copy of the tentative deal struck between Washington and Tehran, which reportedly calls for the immediate lifting of the US naval blockade on Iranian ports and the reopening of the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n \u201cI have to say, it\u2019s exceeded my expectations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The terms of the deal have not been made public and Carney did not disclose how he was able to see a copy other than saying \u201cwe have our sources\u201d.<\/p>\n He said the deal \u201csets the groundwork to ensure Iran doesn\u2019t have a nuclear weapon,\u201d adding: \u201cThe Rubicon, if I can use that metaphor, has been crossed.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Opening summary<\/p>\n Hello and welcome to the Guardian\u2019s live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s military has threatened to respond to Israel after strikes in southern Lebanon<\/a> killed four people, despite an agreement being reached between Tehran and Washington to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon.<\/p>\n Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency reported Israeli warplanes targeting the southern town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa and a drone strike in Ansariyeh on the coast this morning. There was no immediate comment from the Israel<\/a> Defense Forces (IDF) on the reports.<\/p>\n In an update yesterday, the IDF said it intercepted \u201cseveral rockets\u201d launched by Hezbollah<\/a> towards its troops operating in southern Lebanon, and that it struck and destroyed the launcher.<\/p>\n Hezbollah has not issued any recent statements claiming attacks on Israeli targets in southern Lebanon. The group\u2019s leader, Naim Qassem, is due to make a televised address today, according to Hezbollah\u2019s Al-Manar TV.<\/p>\n The Iranian military\u2019s central command Khatam al-Anbiya said Israel must halt its acts of aggression in the south or face \u201ca harsh response\u201d from its forces. It accused Israel of violating the ceasefire in Lebanon \u201c84 times\u201d since the deal was announced.<\/p>\n A man stands on the rubble of his destroyed house in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran. Photograph: Hussein Malla\/AP<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s top diplomat and foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said a peace deal with the US would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon<\/a>. \u201cWithout the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the war has not fully come to an end,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781686029_214_6000.jpg\")
A man stands on the rubble of his destroyed house in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran. Photograph: Hussein Malla\/AP<\/p>\n