Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed eight people, including two children and their father, a day after US President Donald Trump said Israel and the militant group Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting. The ongoing hostilities – despite Trump's announcement and a nominal ceasefire that began in April – are deepening displacement for Lebanon's conflict-weary population. They also are a significant sticking point in negotiations to extend a ceasefire in the US-Israeli war in Iran, as the Islamic Republic wants any such deal to end fighting in Lebanon, too. Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon 24 hours after Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Beirut to avert further escalation in the three-month-old war. Following Trump's intervention, Lebanon's government said Israel would refrain from carrying out threatened strikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut, while the group would halt attacks against Israel. But the announcement has failed to reassure many Lebanese or halt the broader war in south Lebanon, which Netanyahu has vowed would continue. The din of an Israeli drone over Beirut kept residents on edge on Tuesday. The attacks came as Israeli and Lebanese delegations began a new round of direct talks in Washington on Tuesday as diplomatic pressure for a de-escalation mounted. Iran has demanded a Lebanon ceasefire as part of any wider deal with the US to end the three-month-old war that began with US and Israeli attacks on Iran at the end of February.
Israel conducts deadly attacks on southern Lebanon after Trump promises de-escalation
Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing eight people, including children, as it pressed its campaign against Hezbollah a day after President Donald Trump asked Prime Minister…
Israeli airstrikes killed eight in southern Lebanon despite Trump's ceasefire pledge; conflict has caused 3,433+ deaths and 1M+ displacements. Escalating geopolitics pressures tech leaders on data residency, supply chain resilience, and export compliance as Iran-US-Israel negotiations continue.











