Live Updates: US strikes Iran as Israel, Lebanon sign framework agreement
Vance on strikes: 'Violence will be met with violence' • Aoun: Israel-Lebanon agreement ‘first step to restoring Lebanon’s sovereignty' • Trump says frozen Iranian funds will buy American goods
Follow us on GoogleUSS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails in the Arabian Sea, June 23, 2026.(photo credit: X/CENTCOM)
US, Israel, Lebanon agreement as ‘first step to restoring Lebanon’s sovereignty,' Aoun says
Aoun described the agreement as the beginning of a road to bring about freedom and dignity to the people of Lebanon, “who sacrificed, endured, and confronted the harshest conditions.”
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 28, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool)Go to the full article > >
Vance says 'violence will be met with violence' regarding Iran strikes
ByREUTERS
US strikes Iran in retaliation for Strait of Hormuz cargo ship attack
The strikes follow Iran's launching of a one-way attack drone at the Singapore-flagged M/V Ever Lovely cargo ship along the Omani coast as it exited the Strait of Hormuz.
ByAARON GLICKUS Sailors conduct nighttime operations aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) while sailing the Arabian Sea, June 26, 2026.(photo credit: X/CENTCOM)Go to the full article > >
US-Israel-Lebanon sign trilateral framework agreement aimed at dismantling Hezbollah
The agreement outlines a structured process for disarming Hezbollah, dismantling terrorist infrastructure, and enabling the IDF to withdraw from Lebanon once the threat posed by Hezbollah is removed.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, GOLDIE KATZIsrael's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks next to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, State Department Counselor Daniel Holler, and Lebanon's Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh during a meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 26, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/KEN CEDENO)Go to the full article > >
UAE urges Iran to uphold US deal, protect Strait of Hormuz
ByREUTERS
IDF: Seven Hezbollah terrorists killed near Security Zone
Israel and the US launched Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury on February 28, with the stated aim of creating conditions for regime change
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by an Israeli strike on a Tehran bunker. Iran’s defense minister and several IRGC generals were also killed in the largest-ever aerial attack by the IAF
Iran retaliated by firing across the Middle East at Gulf nations and US military bases in the region
Thirteen IDF soldiers and 23 civilians have been killed, and at least 7,693 more injured in ballistic missile attacks across Israel since February 28 • 13 US soldiers killed, CENTCOM says
A ceasefire deal was announced on April 7 and went into effect on April 8
