Overview
- The United States and Iran agreed to a preliminary memorandum Tuesday and will formally sign it Friday at a Swiss resort, triggering a 60-day period for detailed talks on nuclear limits, frozen assets and sanctions relief.
- The agreement has not stopped fighting on the ground, as Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange strikes in southern Lebanon with both sides claiming recent attacks.
- Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, said forces will remain in 'security zones' in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria and stressed the pact does not bind Israel.
- Iran’s military warned of a 'harsh response' if Israel keeps striking Lebanon, while President Trump publicly pressed Israel to restrain attacks and criticized strikes on residential areas.
- Lebanon’s health ministry reports several thousand dead and many more wounded in the southern campaign since early March, raising urgent humanitarian and reconstruction challenges that will shape the talks and regional stability.