U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday (May 8, 2026) that he was expecting Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal on a deal to end the Middle East war by “tonight.” “I’m getting a letter supposedly tonight, so we’ll see how that goes,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least five people on Friday, while Hezbollah fired rockets on northern Israel without inflicting any casualties.
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A U.S. fighter jet disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers to enforce a port blockade on Friday, prompting retaliatory attacks and rattling a shaky truce as Tehran weighed Washington’s latest proposal to end the West Asia war. Iranian officials accused the United States of violating the ceasefire with the tanker strikes and hampering diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday (May 8) slammed Iranian efforts to control the Strait of Hormuz, following a report that Tehran has created an authority to approve transit through the vital waterway.
