Overview
- The ten‑day truce, which began Friday at midnight local time, drew immediate violation claims from Lebanon’s army, which also urged displaced families not to rush back south.
- Israel said its forces will stay deployed inside southern Lebanon during the pause within a 10‑kilometer strip and told civilians to avoid areas south of the Litani River.
- Hezbollah said it will honor the pause only if all attacks stop and it claimed fire on Israeli troops in response, after weeks of strikes that killed over 2,000 people and displaced about a million in Lebanon.
- President Trump said he will host Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanon’s Joseph Aoun at the White House within four or five days to push direct talks, while also asserting progress with Iran that Tehran has not confirmed.
- Iran said it reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial ships for the truce period, and the United States said its blockade of Iranian ports will continue.