June 20, 2026UpdatesRubio plans Middle East trip next week, Axios reportsU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planning a trip to the Middle East next week and is expected to visit Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain, Axios reported on Friday, citing two sources.Rubio is expected to hold a summit with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Bahrain, Axios reported later, citing a third unidentified source. The State Department did not immediately respond to an emailed request for confirmation.RECAP: IDF strike kills two in southern Lebanon after truce took effect, medics sayHere are Friday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran peace process and Israel's war with Hezbollah:■ Four IDF soldiers were killed in a strike on a tank in southern Lebanon overnight, including Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhona, a battalion commander, the army reported.■ The Trump administration has been warned by U.S. intelligence agencies that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is "likely to take steps" that will sabotage the efforts to reach a lasting peace agreement with Iran, U.S. officials told The Washington Post.■ U.S. President Donald Trump asked Israel earlier on Friday to agree to a cease-fire with Hezbollah, NBC News reports. An Israeli senior official confirmed to Haaretz that a truce was reached. ■ Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, took to X in a first comment by an Israeli government official to the truce in Lebanon, saying that "Israel remains firmly committed to an immediate cease-fire" with Hezbollah, as local media in Lebanon reported that the IDF struck the southern city of Nabatieh al-Fawqa.■ Talks ⁠that ‌had been planned ‌for Friday between the U.S. and Iran in Switzerland will not take place, according to ‌a Swiss foreign ‌ministry statement.■ Two people were killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon after the cease-fire agreement came into effect, state media and medical sources report.■ Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said in a conversation with the Pakistani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar that "Any violation of the commitments outlined in the understanding [toward a peace agreement] will be the responsibility of the United States."■ Iran's ‌Strait of Hormuz body ‌said it would ⁠waive planned fees to ⁠use the strait during a 60-day negotiation period under the newly emerging agreement signed with ‌the United States ‌this week.■ Iran has requested guarantees that hostilities in Lebanon will end before resuming talks with the United States in Switzerland, a diplomat familiar with the matter told CNN.■ Israeli opposition MK Naama Lazimi said on X that the government must "end the war in Lebanon" and withdraw troops from what she called the "Strip of Sacrifice" in order to reach an agreement with the Lebanese government.