U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026.
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A deal expected to end the war with Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz hangs in the balance as Israel and Lebanon’s Tehran-backed Hezbollah trade talks on Sunday.
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday posted on social media that it had raided a “Hezbollah command center” in Beirut after Hezbollah launched airstrikes against “Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon.” The IDF said it is preparing more strikes against Israeli territory in a recent Telegram post.
The exchange of accusations comes after US President Donald Trump said Washington and Tehran would sign an agreement on Sunday to end hostilities with Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump, in a Sunday Truth Social post, said Israel’s attack on Beirut “shouldn’t have happened, especially on a special day when we’re so close to a peace deal with Iran.”
“Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it responded to was very small and senseless, no one was hurt, injured, or killed, and it should not interfere with this important process,” he wrote. “There must be no more Israeli attacks anywhere in Lebanon, but there must be no more attacks by any other group, including Hezbollah, against Israel.”
The US president warned the parties not to “beat it”.
Trump on Saturday said on Truth Social that he hopes “this process will work quickly, easily, and smoothly,” adding the threat that if not, “we have another option, hopefully we will never be used again!”
An exchange of fire between Israel and Lebanon last week threatened to end a long-term ceasefire and reignited more than three months of conflict. The US briefly attacked Iran, and Iran fired missiles at Israel and other US allies in the region. The proposed deal was announced shortly after the exchange.
Lebanese army soldiers stand by as people clear debris from the site of an Israeli airstrike on a building south of Beirut on June 14, 2026.
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But renewed tensions between Israel and Hezbollah on Sunday night again raised doubts about the possibility of a peace deal.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said in an email to X that Israel’s strikes in Lebanon threaten to disrupt the deal.
“The entry of the Zionists into Dahiyeh has once again shown that America has no desire to fulfill its obligations or the ability to do so,” he said in the post, according to version X. “If you don’t have the desire and ability to fulfill your obligations, talking about continuing the path is impossible.”
Still, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Sunday said he still hopes the deal will be signed within the day during an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”
“I’m confident. The team is confident,” he said. “I don’t want to get ahead of the president or the vice president, but they have every intention of getting this done today.”
This story is developing. Please check back for updates.
