Iran’s deputy foreign minister says Tehran rejects any temporary ceasefire and is seeking a comprehensive end to the war across the region.
Celebrations in Lebanon where a 10-day ceasefire has been announced to allow for negotiations between Israeli and Lebanese officials, the US State Department said.
United States President Donald Trump has again said that a deal to end the war on Iran is “very close”, adding that talks may resume with Tehran in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad as early as this weekend.
A Hezbollah official tells Al Jazeera that the group will approach the ceasefire with “caution and vigilance”.
Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon in the hours leading up to the implementation of the ceasefire on Thursday night, killing three people in a village in the Sidon district and eight people in the Zahrani area, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
Aljazeera.com