U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing the proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House on June 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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An expected deal to end the war with Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz is in jeopardy as Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah exchanged attacks on Sunday.
The Israel Defense Forces announced in a social media post on Sunday that it had attacked a Hezbollah command center in Beirut after the group launched airstrikes “against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon.” In a subsequent Telegram post, the IDF said it was preparing for further attacks targeting Israeli territory.
The fistfight came after US President Donald Trump insisted the US and Tehran would sign a deal on Sunday to stop fighting with Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz.
In a post on Sunday Truth Social, President Trump said Israel’s attack on Beirut “should not have happened, especially on such a special day with a peace deal with Iran so close.”
“Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attacks it was responding to were so small and senseless that no one was injured, wounded or killed, and this important process should not be disrupted,” he wrote. “There must be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there must also be no more attacks against Israel by any other force, including Hezbollah.”
The US president warned the parties not to “fail”.
“I hope this process works out quickly, easily and smoothly,” President Trump said on Truth Social on Saturday, threatening that if it didn’t work, “we have the ultimate alternative. Hopefully, it’s never used again!”
A gunfight between Israel and Lebanon last week upset a delicate ceasefire and threatened to reignite a conflict that has lasted more than three months. The US briefly attacked Iranian targets, but Iran fired missiles at Israel and other US allies in the region. The draft agreement was announced immediately after the exchange.
A Lebanese army soldier looks on as people clear debris at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building on the southern outskirts of Beirut on June 14, 2026.
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But on Sunday night, new hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah reignited, again raising doubts that a peace deal is likely to be reached.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said in a post on X that an Israeli attack on Lebanon could disrupt the agreement.
“The Zionist invasion of Dahiyeh has once again shown that America has neither the will nor the ability to fulfill its commitments,” he said in the post, according to a translation by X. “Without the will and ability to fulfill our commitments, it is impossible to continue on our path.”
Still, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Walz said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that he remains confident that an agreement will be signed by the end of the day.
“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’re going to get this done today.”
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