Day 94 | Iran signals progress in US talks as 'Israel' pushes deeper into Lebanon

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The ‘Israeli’ military said Monday night that a Hezbollah rocket struck near ‘Israeli’ troops a short while ago in southern Lebanon.

The rocket allegedly came hours after US President Donald Trump announced a pause in hostilities between ‘Israel’ and Hezbollah.

No one was injured in the attack, which occurred near the border settlement of Metula, per the statement.

Lebanese media also reported several ‘Israeli’ strikes in southern Lebanon since Trump’s ceasefire announcement.

‘Israeli’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he told US President Donald Trump that his country would strike Beirut if Hezbollah doesn't stop attacking ‘Israel’.

"I spoke this evening with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not cease attacking our towns and our citizens, Israel will strike terrorist targets in Beirut," Netanyahu said, according to a statement released by his office.

"Our position on this remains unchanged. At the same time, the IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon," he added.

Lebanon's US embassy said on Monday that Hezbollah had accepted a US proposal on a "mutual cessation of attacks", after ‘Israel’ threatened more strikes on south Beirut on the eve of a fourth round of ‘Israel’-Lebanon negotiations.

"The Lebanese authorities received confirmation of Hezbollah's acceptance of the US proposal providing for a mutual cessation of attacks," said an embassy statement released by the Lebanese president's office.

"Under the proposed arrangement, Israeli strikes on Dahiyeh would cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from launching attacks against Israel, with the ceasefire framework to be expanded to encompass all Lebanese territory," the statement added, referring to Beirut's southern suburbs.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that peace talks with Iran are continuing “at a rapid pace,” moments after he announced a ceasefire between ‘Israel’ and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that a ceasefire will take place between ‘Israel’ and Hezbollah, following separate phone calls with both sides.

“I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back,” Trump said on Truth Social.

Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel,” Trump added, without clarifying who the Hezbollah representatives are.

Lebanon said an ‘Israeli’ strike hit near a hospital in the southern city of Tyre on Monday as the health ministry shared footage showing heavy damage to the facility.

The state-run National News Agency said a strike targeting an intersection near the Jabal Amel hospital "hit a building and the parking lot, resulting in a number of wounded".

The health ministry shared two videos showing damage inside a hospital ward, with rubble and debris on the ground, blown-out ceilings, blood on the floor and shattered glass, while smoke could be seen billowing from a fire at what appeared to be a heavily damaged adjacent car park.

The aftermath of an ‘Israeli’ army strike in the Lebanese city of Tyre.

The strike also damaged a nearby hospital, with the Lebanese Health ministry saying several were wounded.

Footage of an ‘Israeli’ military strike on a building near Jabal Amel Hospital in the coastal city of Tyre, Lebanon.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he was not informed of Iran’s decision to suspend negotiations ahead of time.

“It’s an appropriate thing to say, because they’re better negotiators than they are fighters,” Trump told NBC News in a call.

“But they haven’t informed us of that.”

“It doesn’t mean we’re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there,” Trump added.

“We’ll keep the blockade,” he continued.

Lebanon said an ‘Israeli’ strike hit near a hospital in the southern city of Tyre on Monday as the health ministry shared footage showing heavy damage to the facility.

The state-run National News Agency said a strike targeting an intersection near the Jabal Amel hospital "hit a building and the parking lot, resulting in a number of wounded".

The health ministry shared two videos showing damage inside a hospital ward, with rubble and debris on the ground, blown-out ceilings, blood on the floor and shattered glass, while smoke could be seen billowing from a fire at what appeared to be a heavily damaged adjacent car park.

Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned residents of northern ‘Israel’ to evacuate if Israel launches attacks on Beirut's southern suburbs, according to statements carried by Iranian media.

The commander of the headquarters said the warning was issued in response to what he described as ‘Israel's’ repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement.

The statement comes as ‘Israel’ presses on with its strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, which Iran said it considered an important part of any truce deal with the US.

Oil prices surged Monday after Iran said it suspended all exchanges with Washington following days of inconclusive talks to end the war, and the two nations again traded strikes.

At around 1330 GMT the price Brent North Sea Crude for August delivery was up 4.9 percent at $95.60 a barrel, after briefly rising above 5 percent. Its US counterpart, West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery, was up 5.9 percent at $92.55.

‘Israel's’ military on Monday warned residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, long a stronghold of Lebanese group Hezbollah, of imminent strikes and called for them to evacuate.

"The Israel Defense Forces warns residents of the Dahiyeh area in Beirut and calls on them to evacuate to preserve their safety. If the terrorist Hezbollah continues launching rockets toward Israeli cities and towns, the IDF will respond by targeting objectives in the southern Dahiyeh," the military's Arabic-language spokesman Colonel Avichay Adraee said on X.

Hezbollah said its fighters were still battling ‘Israeli’ troops near south Lebanon's Beaufort castle on Monday, a day after ‘Israel’ said it seized the strategic fortress and troops raised the ‘Israeli’ flag there.

In a statement issued by Hezbollah's operations room, the group said its fighters were in a "battle of attrition against forces of the Israeli enemy army who are present in the area".

Iranian media reported Monday that Tehran has stopped exchanging messages with the United States “in protest against Zionist crimes,” according to Tasnim News Agency, referring to ‘Israeli’ attacks on Lebanon.

The Iranian negotiating team is stopping “talks and exchange of texts through a mediator,” Tasnim said in its report.

Tehran also threatened to “completely block” the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

“The Resistance Front and Iran have set their agenda to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait, in order to punish the Zionists and their supporters,” the IRGC-affiliated outlet said.

“The immediate cessation of the Zionist regime’s aggressive and brutal army operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the necessity of the regime’s complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in Lebanon have been emphasized by Iranian officials and negotiators, and there will be no talks until Iran and the resistance’s views on this matter are met,” it added.