Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered talks between Israel and Lebanon, while a US State Department official said the meeting will be held in Washington next week.

sraeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut Wednesday afternoon without warning, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran

Even as the U.S. and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbors in preparation for a long, drawn-out conflict across the Middle East. Israel's creation of "buffer zones" in Gaza, Syria and now Lebanon reflects a strategic shift after the attacks of October…

The fragile two-week truce between Iran and the United States was hanging in the balance on Wednesday, with Tehran threatening to resume hostilities as Israel launched a major bombardment of Lebanon. At least 182 people were killed and nearly 900 wounded on Wednesday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. Israel said its battle against Hezbollah was not part of the US-Iran truce agreed late Tuesday.

Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours in preparation for a drawn-out conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours in preparation for a drawn-out conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIRUT (April 9): Israel vowed to continue its campaign against Hezbollah on Thursday, dismissing mounting international concern that its strikes on Lebanon threaten a fragile US-Iran truce that could lead to peace negotiations. At least 203 people were killed and 1,000 wounded in airstrikes on Wednesday, the Lebanese health ministry said, while Hezbollah said itRead More

Netanyahu greenlights direct talks with Lebanon amid ceasefire efforts, focusing on disarming Hezbollah and peaceful relations.

Iran and the US have laid out sharply contrasting agendas for the upcoming peace talks set to start on Saturday, but it was unclear if the two-week ceasefire would hold until then.

The Iranian president today said the attacks rendered planned negotiations between Washington and Tehran “meaningless”.

Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the U.S.-Iran ceasefire into further jeopardy after the biggest Israeli attacks on its neighbor of the war.

Israel has insisted that Lebanon is not part of the two-week truce between Iran and the United States.

UK says it is 'deeply troubled' by Israeli attacks, France calls them 'unacceptable'; Italy condemns 'bombings on civilian population'

Peace talks will include the disarming of Hezbollah, Mr Netanyahu said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.