{"id":573502,"date":"2026-04-09T08:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573502\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:29:25","slug":"iran-us-war-latest-trump-warns-the-shooting-starts-if-tehran-does-not-honour-ceasefire-as-israeli-bombs-pound-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573502\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-US war latest: Trump warns \u2018the shooting starts\u2019 if Tehran does not honour ceasefire as Israeli bombs pound Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yvette Cooper ‘deeply troubled’ by Lebanon strikes as questions mount over Strait of Hormuz reopeningYour support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump<\/a> has threatened to restart attacks against Iran<\/a> as a fragile ceasefire struggles to take hold amid Israel<\/a>\u2019s continuing strikes on<\/a> Lebanon<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The US leader said that all American military personnel would remain stationed around the region until the agreement is \u201cfully complied with\u201d. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIf \u200bfor any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, \u200bthen the \u2018Shootin\u2019 Starts,\u2019<\/a> bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Confusion has ensued after a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire agreement was reached earlier this week that Iran and Pakistan says included Lebanon but Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House say did not. <\/p>\n

Iran<\/a>\u2019s Revolutionary Guards<\/a> have warned they will deliver a \u201cregret-inducing response\u201d if attacks on Lebanon<\/a> continue, <\/p>\n

State-run Islamic Republic News Agency also quoted an IRGC official as saying: \u201cAny attack on the proud Hezbollah<\/a> is an attack on Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hundreds were killed and injured in the strikes, according to Lebanon\u2019s Civil Defence. The Israeli military told The Independent that it had completed the \u201clargest strike\u201d on the country since the start of the conflict<\/a>. <\/p>\n

UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has condemned the escalation from Israel as \u201cdeeply damaging\u201d and called for Lebanon to be \u201curgently included\u201d in the conditional ceasefire. <\/p>\n

<\/a>Watch Live: View of Lebanon as Israel continues strikes <\/p>\n

Maira Butt9 April 2026 09:25<\/p>\n

<\/a>In pictures: Aftermath of Israeli strikes on Lebanon \"AA rescuer stands at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Al-Mazraa in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026. REUTERS\/Raghed Waked (REUTERS)\"\"(REUTERS)\"\"(REUTERS)\"\"(REUTERS)<\/p>\n

Maira Butt9 April 2026 09:07<\/p>\n

<\/a>Israeli military says right-hand man and nephew of Hezbollah chief killed<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military has said that it has killed the nephew of Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem. <\/p>\n

It said it \u201cstruck in the Beirut area and eliminated Ali Yusuf Harshi, the personal secretary and nephew of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem,\u201d in a statement. <\/p>\n

Hezbollah is yet to confirm the incident. <\/p>\n

Maira Butt9 April 2026 09:01<\/p>\n

<\/a>PM Starmer arrives in UAE to meet Gulf allies<\/p>\n

Prime minister Keir Starmer has landed in the United Arab Emirates to meet with allies in the Gulf amid a fragile truce between the US and Iran. <\/p>\n

Meeting with crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the British leader said that work was needed to ensure the halt in fighting was \u201cnot a temporary ceasefire but a permanent ceasefire\u201d. <\/p>\n

He was welcomed by Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, at the airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Thursday. <\/p>\n

\"\"(AP)\"PrimePrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is welcomed by Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the executive affairs authority, as he arrives at the airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Alastair Grant\/PA) (PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Maira Butt9 April 2026 08:46<\/p>\n

<\/a>Australian prime minister says Lebanon should be included in ceasefire<\/p>\n

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said Lebanon should be included in the US-Iran ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Albanese said the two-week ceasefire is \u201cfragile\u201d, but Australia wants it to \u201clead to an agreement.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Australian government also firmly believes that this has to apply to Lebanon as well\u201d, he said in a video shared by SBS News<\/a>. \u201cWe want to see peace in this region\u201d.<\/p>\n

Israel unleashed a heavy bombardment on Lebanon Wednesday. Israel has said the ceasefire doesn\u2019t apply to Lebanon. <\/p>\n

Rachel Dobkin9 April 2026 08:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Trump rants \u2018NATO wasn\u2019t there\u2019 as he reportedly weighs plans to punish allies unhelpful with Iran war<\/p>\n

Stuti Mishra9 April 2026 08:15<\/p>\n

<\/a>In pictures: New Yorkers protest Iran war\"NewNew Yorkers took to the streets of Manhattan Wednesday, local time to protest against the war in Iran (REUTERS)\"TheThe US and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, but it remains fragile (REUTERS)\"ProtestersProtesters held up signs that read \u2018Stop the war in Iran\u2019 and \u2018Not another forever war\u2019 (AP)<\/p>\n

Rachel Dobkin9 April 2026 08:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iran delegation heads to Islamabad for \u2018serious talks\u2019 as Trump warns of stronger strikes<\/p>\n

An Iranian delegation is set to arrive in Islamabad for talks aimed at resolving the conflict with the US and Israel, as tensions remain high despite a fragile ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, said the team would reach the Pakistani capital tonight for negotiations based on proposals put forward by Tehran.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite skepticism of Iranian public opinion due to repeated ceasefire violations by Israeli regime … Iranian delegation arrives tonight in Islamabad for serious talks based on 10 points proposed by Iran,\u201d he said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

The talks come as both sides test the limits of a recently announced ceasefire, with continued strikes in Lebanon fuelling uncertainty over whether it will hold.<\/p>\n

Pakistan has shut down offices in its capital city ahead of the talks in what is being seen as a heightened security measure [see post below for details]<\/p>\n

Hours earlier, Donald Trump said the US would maintain a military presence in the region until what he described as a \u201creal agreement\u201d is secured.<\/p>\n

Posting on Truth Social, he said American forces would remain in place with additional \u201cAmmunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary\u201d.<\/p>\n

Stuti Mishra9 April 2026 07:35<\/p>\n

<\/a>UK foreign secretary says escalation from Israel ‘deeply damaging’<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has said that \u201cescalation from Israel on Wednesday was deeply damaging\u201d as confusion ensued following a US-Iran ceasefire agreed earlier this week. <\/p>\n

Israeli strikes on Lebanon have continued as both the White House and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that Lebanon was not included in a deal to stop strikes on Iran in exchange for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n

Iran and Pakistan, which brokered the deal independently, both said that the halting of strikes on Lebanon were a part of the agreement. Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister called the attacks a \u201cgrave violation\u201d. <\/p>\n

Ms Cooper insisted that Lebanon must be a part of the deal. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to see Lebanon included in the ceasefire,\u201d she told Times Radio on Thursday. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe want it extended to cover Lebanon, because otherwise that will destabilise the whole region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat escalation that we saw from Israel yesterday was deeply damaging, and we want to see an end to hostilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday French president Emmanuel Macron also called for attacks on Lebanon to be stopped. <\/p>\n

Maira Butt9 April 2026 07:18<\/p>\n

<\/a>Trump ‘clearly disappointed’ with Nato, Rutte says after White House meeting<\/p>\n

Nato chief Mark Rutte said Donald Trump was \u201cclearly disappointed\u201d with the alliance\u2019s response to the Iran war after what he described as a \u201cvery frank, very open discussion\u201d at the White House.<\/p>\n

Speaking to CNN after the talks, Mr Rutte said: \u201cLet me be absolutely clear, he is clearly disappointed and with many Nato allies, and I can see his point.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe large majority of European nations have been helpful with basing, with logistics, with overflights, with making sure that they lived up to their commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the meeting failed to calm Trump\u2019s anger, with the US president later posting on Truth Social: \u201cNATO WASN\u2019T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON\u2019T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"USUS President Donald Trump has previously raised the possibility of quitting Nato (AP)<\/p>\n

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