Hezbollah and Israeli forces have continued trading attacks in southern Lebanon despite their ceasefire agreement.
On Saturday, Hezbollah launched rockets and drones at Israeli troops, none of which are reported to have resulted in casualties.
Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes are said to have killed at least seven people after around 50 sites were targeted in Lebanon.
“The terrorist organization Hezbollah is once again violating the ceasefire understandings. The IDF continues to operate against threats to the citizens of the State of Israel and IDF forces, in accordance with the directives of the political echelon,” the Israeli Defense Forces posted on X.
Attacks have continued since 16 April, when President Trump announced a ceasefire.
Iran has insisted that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is a precondition of a peace agreement to end the war with the US.
President Trump is pushing for a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun.
Diplomatic talks between Israel and Lebanon have taken place in Washington, but so far the two sides have not reached a lasting agreement.
“Lebanon stands at a crossroads… A direct meeting between President Aoun and Prime Minister Netanyahu, facilitated by President Trump, would give Lebanon the chance to secure concrete guarantees on full sovereignty,” the US Embassy in Beirut posted on X on Thursday.
On Saturday, President Trump Iran hasn’t “paid a big enough price” yet, as he reviews the latest peace proposal from Tehran.
According to Iranian news outlets Tasnim and Fars, Iran has now sent the US a fresh proposal via mediators in Pakistan.
As he boarded Air Force One on Saturday, President Trump told reporters he would “let you know about it later.”
“They’re going to give me the exact wording now,” he added.
Earlier on Saturday, the President took to social media and wrote, “I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”
President Trump rejected a previous Iranian proposal this week.
The President spoke to reporters on the White House lawn on Friday. He told them Iran’s offer fell well short of his expectations.
“They want to make a deal, but I’m not satisfied with it,” Trump said.
He added that Iran has offered terms he “can’t agree to.”
Part of the problem, President Trump explained, is that Iran’s leadership has been fractured by the war, and there are competing groups within what remains of Iran’s power structure, each with different aims and objectives.
“There’s tremendous discord — they’re having a tremendous problem getting along with each other,” Trump said.
“The leadership is very disjointed. It’s got two, three, maybe four groups… they all want to make a deal, but they’re all messed up.”
Iran has “made strides” during negotiations, he continued, but “I’m not sure they ever get there,” he continued, suggesting a deal could never be reached.
President Trump also said he had been briefed on Thursday about options to extend the military action if diplomacy fails.
“There are options. Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever, or do we want to try to make a deal? Those are the options.”
According to The Wall Street Journal, Iran’s updated proposal softened some of its earlier conditions, including the demand for an end to the US Navy’s blockade before negotiations begin, but it offered little in the way of concessions towards limiting Iran’s nuclear ambitions. President Trump has stated repeatedly that Iran will not be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon.
Instead, Iran wants to move ahead with negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while pushing nuclear talks to a later date.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi told diplomats in Tehran “the ball is in the United States’ court to choose the path of diplomacy or the continuation of a confrontational approach.”
Iran is “prepared for both paths,” he added.
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