With strained relations between Israel and the Trump administration, U.S. spy agencies believe Israeli attacks in Lebanon could jeopardize a tentative peace deal between the U.S. and Iran.A mother walks with her son near a destroyed home in the southern Lebanese village of Qlaileh on Friday. She is one of few people who stayed in the hamlet after residents who returned early this week again fled the south to safer areas following heavy overnight Israeli airstrikes. Marwan Naamani / ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters \June 19, 2026, 5:46 PM EDTBy Matt Bradley, Keir Simmons, Gabe Gutierrez and Dan De LuceIsrael could further disrupt U.S.-Iran talks, from which it has been almost completely excluded, by continuing strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. spy agencies believe.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
Shut out of U.S.-Iran talks, Israel makes its impact felt with deadly Lebanon strikes
With strained relations between Israel and the Trump administration, U.S. spy agencies believe Israeli attacks in Lebanon could jeopardize a tentative peace deal between the U.S. and Iran.
















