{"id":469088,"date":"2026-03-11T05:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469088\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T05:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:58:07","slug":"us-says-it-destroyed-16-minelayers-near-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469088\/","title":{"rendered":"US says it destroyed 16 minelayers near Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel has rejected diplomatic overtures by Lebanon to halt its escalating offensive against the Hizbollah militant group, demanding that negotiations only take place \u201cunder fire\u201d, said three people with knowledge of the matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The talks, proposed to be held in Cyprus, have not materialised because of disagreements over sequencing, with Beirut demanding there be a \u201ccessation of fire\u201d before any meeting takes place and the Israeli government wanting only to discuss the possibility of a cessation, two of the people added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese \u201care ready to talk to Israel, but under the condition of a cessation of fire. Not a ceasefire, but a cessation\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009so talks can get going in Cyprus,\u201d said one of the people. \u201cIsrael has so far refused and says it will only negotiate \u2018under fire\u2019.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/e6a01a17-1c56-487f-bcc0-c448edb87332\" title=\"\" data-trackable=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel has rejected diplomatic overtures by Lebanon to halt its escalating offensive against the Hizbollah militant group, demanding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-469088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}