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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis the bombardment of Lebanon would continue, but also said his cabinet would open direct negotiations to bring about "a historic, sustainable peace."
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Trump said the temporary ceasefire is "subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz."
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Europeans and Iran warned that the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah threatened the truce in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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Oil prices were volatile Thursday as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement remained fragile.
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Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a virtual standstill Thursday, with only a handful of ships passing through the vital waterway since the announcement of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire
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Iran's deputy foreign minister says the US must choose between 'war and ceasefire'.
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Delegates from the U.S. and Iran are preparing to meet in Pakistan, where the world hopes they can turn a fragile ceasefire into lasting peace.
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;Resize=(620)) Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the Middle East ceasefire in further jeopardy after its most intensive strikes of the war on its neighbour killed more than 200 people, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. The escalating violence has threatened to torpedo U.S. President Donald Trump's truce with Iran from the outset.
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President Donald Trump told NBC News on Thursday that he was "very optimistic" a peace deal with Iran was within reach.
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Britain, France and the European Union condemned Israel's strikes targeting Hezbollah in the country, saying these threatened the truce.
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The Mediterranean nation is reeling after Israel struck more than 100 targets in 10 minutes, heightening fears that the tenuous cease-fire with Iran could unravel.
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Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber demanded a full reopening of the strait, warning that the oil supply disruption will increase if Iran maintains control of the passage.
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The price of oil rebounded Thursday as doubts grew about state of the Iran ceasefire announced just two days earlier by President Donald Trump.
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Crude prices have reversed from sharp falls on Wednesday when plans to pause the war first emerged.
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The cease-fire would be in effect this weekend, the Kremlin said, but each side accused the other of violating a similar pause announced last year.
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Agents shot Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez in Patterson, Calif., this week. His lawyer said Thursday that they fired at Mr. Hernandez before he tried to flee.
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The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is being tested after Israel launched large-scale attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday.
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The statement came a day after Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, which halted six weeks of fighting.
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Only a few vessels have crossed the strait since the US-Iran ceasefire deal, according to BBC Verify analysis.
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Israel's intense bombardment left Beirut to confront new devastation Thursday as the U.S. ally's assault on Lebanon imperiled the fragile ceasefire with Iran.
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