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Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed to halt heavy fighting in southern Lebanon.

Southern Lebanon

Who
Israel, Hezbollah, United States, Iran, Qatar
What
Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed to halt heavy fighting in southern Lebanon.
When
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:08:00 GMT · 1d 15h ago
Where
Southern Lebanon ·
Why
The agreement was reached to prevent the unraveling of an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran and followed fighting that killed 47 people in Lebanon and four Israeli soldiers.
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The agreement aims to preserve a broader US-Iran interim peace deal, which had reopened the Strait of Hormuz and was intended to relaunch nuclear program talks, but continued fighting delayed planned talks in Switzerland.

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