Middle East live: In south Lebanon, Netanyahu says Israel will stay as long as Hezbollah 'threatens us'

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30 Jun 2026 • 11:45 PM MYT
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Yesterday's key developments:

  • Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike hit the country's south despite a framework accord signed by the two countries last week aimed at securing a peace deal.
  • US President Donald Trump on Monday told ‌reporters ⁠in ‌the Oval ⁠Office that the US-Iran meeting ‌in Qatar ‌this week will be "perhaps important, perhaps not".
  • The removal of mines from the Strait of Hormuz is to be carried out solely by Iran according to ‌the Islamabad ⁠MoU between Tehran and Washington, ‌Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi ⁠said in a post on X on Monday, in response to French President ‌Emmanuel Macron's comments on the subject.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)

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