West Asia war LIVE: Israel, Lebanon agree to implement ceasefire

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Trump says helium wants to abstracted talks connected Lebanon and the warfare successful Iran; Tehran warns that immoderate onslaught connected Beirut would trigger a "full-scale resumption" of the war

Updated - June 04, 2026 06:54 americium IST

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh, accompanied by State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, be a gathering betwixt Israeli and Lebanese delegations hosted by the United States, aft the Trump medication said Israel and Lebanon agreed to instrumentality a ceasefire to extremity hostilities, astatine the State Department successful Washington, D.C., U.S., June 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Israel and Lebanon agreed to instrumentality a ceasefire but said it would necessitate a “complete cessation” of occurrence by Iran-backed Hezbollah, according to a associated connection aft U.S.-led talks successful Washington. The 2 sides, which bash not person ceremonial diplomatic relations, besides agreed to make “pilot zones” successful which the Lebanese equipped forces “will instrumentality exclusive power of the territory to the exclusion of each non-state actors”. The associated connection said the ceasefire was “contingent connected a implicit cessation” of occurrence by Hezbollah arsenic good arsenic evacuation of the group’s operatives from confederate Lebanon.

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The improvement came contempt continued cross-border attacks, with Hezbollah saying it targeted Israeli troops and Israeli strikes sidesplitting astatine slightest 9 radical successful confederate Lebanon.

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U.S. President Donald Trump had said helium wanted to abstracted talks connected the struggle successful Lebanon and those connected the war with Iran. Tehran, however, insists the conflicts are linked and its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that immoderate onslaught connected Beirut would trigger a “full-scale resumption” of war. Mr. Araghchi besides said that “no tangible progress” has been made successful negotiations to extremity the West Asia warfare arsenic caller U.S. and Iranian strikes strained a fragile ceasefire. In contrast, Mr. Trump voiced optimism again, telling reporters astatine the White House “it could happen...over the weekend.”

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Meanwhile, lipid prices eased connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) arsenic Israel and Lebanon’s ceasefire statement boosted hopes for a broader woody to extremity the warfare successful West Asia, portion the U.S. House approved ⁠a solution seeking to curb Mr. Trump’s warfare powers.

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June 04, 2026 06:54
Oil falls arsenic Lebanon and Israel hold to instrumentality ceasefire
Oil prices eased connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) arsenic Israel and Lebanon’s ceasefire statement boosted hopes for a broader ‌deal to extremity the U.S.-Israeli warfare with Iran, portion the U.S. House approved ⁠a solution seeking to curb President Donald Trump’s warfare powers.
Brent futures were down 67 cents, oregon 0.69%, ‌at $97.14 a tube by 0015 GMT, portion U.S. West Texas Intermediate CLc1 crude ‌fell 62 cents, oregon 0.65%, to $95.4.
Both ‌benchmarks ⁠rose astir 2% connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026), extending ⁠the erstwhile session’s gains, aft renewed hostilities successful West Asia, including Iranian attacks connected Kuwait and U.S. subject strikes adjacent the Strait of Hormuz.
- Reuters
June 04, 2026 06:53
Lebanon authorities media says Israel onslaught kills paramedic
An Israeli onslaught successful confederate Lebanon killed a paramedic, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported precocious connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) citing Lebanon’s wellness ministry.
“The Israeli enemy, successful what marks the 4th onslaught successful little than 24 hours connected paramedics and healthcare facilities, straight targeted an ambulance squad affiliated with the Islamic Health Committee successful the municipality of Zibdine successful the Nabatieh district, resulting successful the decease of 1 paramedic and the wounded of another,” the NNA reported. The Islamic Health Committee is linked to Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s wellness ministry said earlier connected the time that 2 paramedics were killed successful a abstracted Israeli strike, with astatine slightest 130 exigency and wellness workers present killed since the Israel-Hezbollah warfare began successful March.
- AFP
June 04, 2026 06:51
Israel, Lebanon hold to conditional ceasefire
Israel and Lebanon agreed connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) to instrumentality a ceasefire but said it would necessitate a “complete cessation” of occurrence by Iran-backed Hezbollah, according to a associated connection aft U.S.-led talks successful Washington.
The 2 sides, which bash not person ceremonial diplomatic relations, besides agreed to make “pilot zones” successful which the Lebanese equipped forces “will instrumentality exclusive power of the territory to the exclusion of each non-state actors”.
The improvement came contempt continued cross-border attacks earlier successful the day, with Hezbollah saying it targeted Israeli troops and Israeli strikes sidesplitting astatine slightest 9 radical successful confederate Lebanon.
The associated connection said the ceasefire was “contingent connected a implicit cessation” of occurrence by Hezbollah arsenic good arsenic evacuation of the group’s operatives from confederate Lebanon.
- AFP

Published - June 04, 2026 06:51 americium IST

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