June 2026

US envoys Witkoff and Kushner reached Doha, and Qatar's foreign ministry said they were not there to negotiate with Iran, while a Qatari spokesman said $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets had not been transferred. ^[1] Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said Iran would not enter further negotiations until the memorandum's conditions were met, and Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi said demining the Strait of Hormuz could be done 'solely by Iran'. Oman and Iran held a first joint committee meeting on strait management in Muscat, The National reported. ^[1]

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Lebanon's health ministry said at least 4,257 people had been killed in Israeli attacks since 2 March, Dawn reported. ^[1][2] US and Iranian attacks appeared to pause, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said envoys Witkoff and Kushner would fly to Doha, warning that 'violence will be met with violence'. ^[1] Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Baghaei said Iran would hold no negotiation meetings with the US at any level in the coming days. The head of Israel's National Cyber Directorate said Israel logged about 4,800 hostile cyber incidents in June, Reuters reported. ^[1]

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A Qatari citizen at sea died of shrapnel wounds from 'military operations in the area' and a second person was hurt, Qatar's interior ministry said. ^[1] Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon killed at least one person, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] The IRGC fired ballistic missiles and drones at US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, and Bahrain's interior ministry said a residential building in Muharraq governorate was damaged with no casualties. ^[1] PJAK said four of its members were killed in clashes with the IRGC between Mahabad and Piranshahr, while the IRGC claimed six, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported. ^[1] Netanyahu called the framework with Lebanon a historic accomplishment that lets Israel keep a security zone until Hezbollah is disarmed, and Hezbollah rejected it as 'null and void'.

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Lebanon's health ministry said 4,246 people had been killed and 12,190 injured since 2 March. ^[1][2] CENTCOM said a second day of US strikes targeted Iranian surveillance, communications, air defence, drone storage and minelaying capabilities, and Iranian state media said Qeshm Island was hit. ^[1] An explosive drone hit an Iranian Kurdish opposition camp north of Erbil that had recently been evacuated, security sources told Reuters. ^[1] The Panama-flagged tanker Kiku was hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz with no crew hurt, Al Jazeera reported, and CENTCOM said it was an Iranian one-way attack drone. ^[1] President Trump called the Ever Lovely attack a 'foolish violation' of the memorandum and warned the US could 'militarily complete the job'.

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Lebanon's health ministry said 4,243 people had been killed and 12,186 injured. ^[1][2] US Central Command said its aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radars in response to the Ever Lovely attack, the first US strikes on Iran since the memorandum was signed. ^[1] The IRGC navy said it targeted US deployment sites in the region in response, giving no locations, and no report of damage or casualties was found. ^[1] Israel and Lebanon signed a US-brokered framework agreement in Washington that ties any Israeli redeployment to the Lebanese army restoring authority after disarmament of non-state armed groups, Al Jazeera reported, while Hezbollah, which was not at the talks, says it will keep its weapons. ^[1]

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An Israeli strike on a car between Zawtar and Mayfadoun killed three people and wounded one, Lebanon's health ministry said, putting its toll at 4,230 killed and 12,179 wounded. ^[1][2][3] The IDF said a Hezbollah operative wounded four Israeli soldiers in the Beit Yahoun area and was killed, and that it then struck Hezbollah sites with artillery and airstrikes. ^[1] The container ship Ever Lovely was hit by a projectile off Oman with no casualties, UKMTO said, and CENTCOM said Iran hit it with a one-way attack drone; Iran did not claim it. ^[1] The IMO paused its evacuation of ships stranded in the Gulf after the attack, with Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez saying the plan would be paused until further clarity was obtained. ^[1] Secretary of State Rubio said Israel and Lebanon were 'very close' to a commitment of intent and that their governments were talking directly for the first time in 30 years.

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Israeli forces ordered residents of Ain Arab in southern Lebanon to leave and then burned several houses, Lebanon's National News Agency said, according to Al Jazeera. ^[1] Brent crude settled at $73.74 a barrel after touching its lowest level since 27 February, as shipping data showed about 20 million barrels leaving Hormuz in 24 hours, Reuters reported. ^[1] US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said crude flows through the strait were similar to pre-war levels and that Iranian mines delayed normal navigation. EASA renewed its advice for airlines not to operate in Iranian, Iraqi and Lebanese airspace at any altitude. ^[1]

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Israeli fire killed two young men and wounded a third near a team clearing roads and retrieving bodies in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Lebanon's National News Agency said, and Hezbollah called it a violation of the ceasefire. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry put its toll at 4,192 killed and 12,171 wounded, as a fifth round of US-mediated Lebanon-Israel talks opened in Washington. ^[1][2][3] The US Senate adopted a non-binding war powers resolution on Iran that the House had passed, and a White House official said the vote had 'no significance'. ^[1]

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The Burgenstock talks ended with mediators Qatar and Pakistan announcing a plan to reach a final deal within 60 days, a direct communications line to prevent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz and a de-confliction cell involving Lebanon, The National reported. ^[1] Vice President Vance said Iran had agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back, and Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran secured oil export waivers, some frozen-asset releases and a reconstruction plan, items not in the joint statement. ^[1] The US Treasury issued a temporary 60-day general license authorising the production, delivery and sale of Iranian oil, Treasury Secretary Bessent said. ^[1]

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Lebanon's health ministry said at least 4,106 people had been killed and 12,153 wounded since 2 March, including 251 children and 135 medical workers, Dawn reported. ^{[1][2][3][4][5]} US and Iranian delegations led by Vice President Vance and parliament speaker Ghalibaf opened talks at Burgenstock in Switzerland, with the prime ministers of Qatar and Pakistan present, to negotiate a final deal. ^[1]

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Israeli strikes in Nabatieh district killed 16 people including a Lebanese soldier, Times of Oman reported, and Lebanon's health ministry put its toll at 4,057 killed and 12,121 wounded. ^[1][2] The IDF said it was responding to more than 50 Hezbollah launches, while Hezbollah said it had kept the ceasefire, and Israel's Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu and Katz later ordered a halt to attacks in southern Lebanon. ^[1] Iran's joint armed forces command declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again, citing Israeli strikes in Lebanon and non-implementation of the memorandum's first clause. ^[1] CENTCOM said Iran does not control the strait and traffic continues to flow, and Vice President Vance said 16 million barrels had moved through it in the previous 24 hours. ^[1] President Trump said there would be no tolls in the strait during the 60-day ceasefire period.

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Israeli strikes killed at least 83 people in Lebanon and wounded 141 before a ceasefire took effect, Lebanon's health ministry said in a revised toll that does not distinguish civilians from fighters. ^[1] The WHO recorded attacks affecting health workers and health transport in Habbouch. ^[1][2] Four Israeli soldiers, including a battalion commander, were killed when their tank was hit near Kfar Tebnit, the IDF said, and it said it struck more than 80 targets in southern and eastern Lebanon in response. ^[1] A senior US official told Reuters that Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire from 4pm local time through US and Qatari mediation, and US-Iran talks in Switzerland were cancelled after the fighting. ^[1]

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Lebanon's health ministry said at least 3,912 people had been killed and 11,873 wounded in Israeli attacks since 2 March and that more than one million people had been displaced, Dawn reported. ^[1][2][3] US Central Command ended the naval blockade of Iranian ports, saying 142 commercial vessels had been redirected and nine disabled during it. ^[1] Vice President Vance said 12.5 million barrels of oil moved through the Strait of Hormuz overnight, the most since the conflict began, and that Iran had not fired on ships for a second night.

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The IDF said Hezbollah drones wounded five Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and a roadside bomb near the Litani River killed a reservist and wounded at least seven. ^[1] Iran's foreign ministry said the Islamabad memorandum had been signed by the presidents and taken effect, and the White House confirmed Trump had signed; the text extends the ceasefire by 60 days, provides for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz gradually and for the US to lift its blockade. ^[1] A planned signing ceremony in Geneva on 19 June was dropped. ^[1]

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Israeli drone strikes on vehicles in Mayfadoun and Choukine in Nabatieh district killed four people, Lebanon's National News Agency said, and the health ministry put its toll at 3,826 killed and 11,851 wounded. ^[1][2][3] At the G7 summit in France, President Trump said Israel 'has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon' and warned that 'all hell will rain down' if Iran tried to build a nuclear weapon. ^[1] Brent crude fell below $80 a barrel for the first time since 2 March, Asia Economy reported. ^[1]

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An Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed the driver, Lebanese security sources and state media said, in what Reuters called the first reported deadly Israeli attack in Lebanon since the deal was announced. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry said 3,798 people had been killed and 11,781 injured. ^[1][2] Brent crude fell to $83.25 a barrel, its lowest since 10 March, as markets priced in the deal, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] Vice President Vance said the deal had been signed digitally the day before, and a Hezbollah official told Reuters the group had carried out no operations since it was announced.

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An Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs killed at least three people and injured 14, Lebanon's National News Agency reported, after Hezbollah drones struck northern Israel, and the IDF ordered 29 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry said 3,783 people had been killed and 11,699 injured. ^[1][2] The US and Iran announced a deal to end the war, with President Trump authorising a toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz and removal of the naval blockade, and Pakistan said it would be signed in Switzerland on 19 June. ^[1] Israel did not officially comment on the agreement, and Defence Minister Katz said Israeli forces would stay in security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza for an unlimited period.

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Lebanon's health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 3,756 killed and 11,632 wounded, and the IDF said it struck more than 70 Hezbollah sites over the previous 24 hours. ^[1][2][3] The WHO recorded attacks affecting health care in Toul and Kafarhouna. ^[1][2] Pakistan's Prime Minister Sharif said a US-Iran deal was expected within 24 hours, while Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said the memorandum would not be signed on 14 June but could be in the following days.

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The IDF said it killed senior Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq in a strike south of the Litani and had recently killed more than 10 field commanders, while Hezbollah said it carried out 24 attacks on Israeli forces on 10 and 11 June. ^[1] CENTCOM said Iran launched attack drones at commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and that US forces downed all of them. ^[1] Pakistan's prime minister said a final agreed text of a US-Iran deal had been reached, but Foreign Minister Araghchi later said nothing had been signed and a senior US official said the deal was 'not quite at the finish line'. ^[1] Araghchi also said Iran's pressure over Hormuz would continue and that Iran collects 'service fees', and Mohsen Rezaei said Trump had accepted the release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, while the UAE denied reports that frozen Iranian funds had been released through it.

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Shrapnel from intercepted drones caused a minor injury to an 11-year-old girl and damaged homes in Bahrain, its interior ministry said, after the IRGC said it struck air bases in Bahrain and Kuwait and fired missiles at Azraq in Jordan, where the army said it intercepted 20 missiles. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry said 3,711 people had been killed and 11,483 injured. ^[1][2] Iran's military declared the Strait of Hormuz completely closed and said any vessel trying to pass would be shot at, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] A US aircraft fired two Hellfire missiles into the tanker Jalveer in the Gulf of Oman, and CENTCOM said nine vessels had been disabled since 13 April; India said all 20 Indian crew were safe. ^[1] President Trump said the US would soon take Kharg Island, then said he had cancelled planned strikes because Iran's leadership had approved discussions, claims Iran had not confirmed. ^[1]

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Israeli strikes killed at least 16 people in and around Tyre, including nine in Tayr Debba, Lebanon's National News Agency said, and Lebanon's health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 3,696 killed and 11,413 injured. ^[1][2] Iran's health ministry put the number killed in Iran at 3,468 and the injured at more than 26,500, and the US military said 381 of its personnel had been wounded. ^[1][2][3] Three Indian sailors were killed when US forces fired on the tanker Settebello off Oman, which CENTCOM said was violating the blockade, and India summoned a senior US diplomat in protest. ^[1] The US carried out a second night of strikes across Iran, which CENTCOM said hit surveillance, communication and air defence sites, and Iranian state media reported at least two wounded in Kargan; the IRGC claimed attacks on 21 US targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, which those countries said were all intercepted. ^[1][2] The IAEA board of governors passed a resolution asking Iran for complete information on its enriched uranium and access for inspectors, according to reports, and Iran's envoy called it politically motivated. ^[1]

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The IRGC said US strikes destroyed two water reservoirs in Sirik County that supply drinking water to more than 20,000 people, Al Jazeera reported, while CENTCOM said it targeted communications and radar facilities. ^[1] Israeli strikes killed at least eight people and wounded 32 in Tyre after an order for the whole city to evacuate, Lebanon's health ministry said, and Lebanese authorities said at least 17 were killed across the south. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry put the overall toll at 3,666 killed and 11,321 injured. ^[1][2] CENTCOM said it began strikes on Iranian radar and air defence sites around Hormuz as a response to Iranian aggression, and Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported explosions on Qeshm Island and in Sirik, Jask and Bandar Abbas. ^[1] A gunman from Lebanon opened fire on Israeli troops near Margaliot and was shot dead, the IDF said, with no soldiers hurt. ^[1]

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Lebanon's health ministry said 3,637 people had been killed and 11,188 injured since 2 March. ^[1][2] Israel struck military targets in western and central Iran and a petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, and Iranian state television later said at least two members of an air defence unit were killed. ^[1] Iran said that afternoon it was halting attacks on Israel but would resume them if Israeli 'aggression' continued, including in Lebanon, and Netanyahu said the attacks had stopped after Israel hit Tehran, as Brent crude rose back above $97 a barrel. ^[1] A US Army Apache went down off Oman and both crew were rescued, CENTCOM said; President Trump said Iran shot it down, while CENTCOM said the cause was under investigation. ^[1] CENTCOM said US forces disabled the tanker Marivex as it allegedly tried to reach an Iranian port, and Omani authorities airlifted its 24 Indian sailors off the ship, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1]

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The Israeli military ordered most of Tyre and its surroundings to evacuate, and civil defence teams moved about 500 families from school shelters, AFP reported. ^[1] An Israeli strike on two apartments in Beirut's southern suburbs killed two people and wounded 20, including four children and four women, Lebanon's health ministry said, after Hezbollah said it fired missiles and drones at two barracks in northern Israel. ^[1] Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel for the first time since the April ceasefire, saying it targeted air bases, and Israel said it intercepted all of them, with no impacts or casualties reported; CENTCOM said it shot down two Iranian drones threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. ^[1][2] A Baluch armed group said four of its members were killed in an Iranian drone and ground assault in Saravan, Hengaw reported. ^[1] Iran's chief negotiator Ghalibaf accused the US of giving Israel a 'green light' for the Beirut strike and said Tehran would halt negotiations, while President Trump said in an interview aired that day that the sides were 'very close to a deal'.

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An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army vehicle near Kfar Tibnit killed a brigadier general, a captain and a soldier, the Lebanese army said; the IDF said the vehicle was moving suspiciously toward its troops and that the incident was under review. ^[1] A strike on Saksakiyeh killed six and wounded four, the National News Agency said, and Lebanon's health ministry put the toll at 3,593 killed and 10,990 injured. ^[1][2][3] A source told Reuters the US planned to redirect frozen Iranian assets to Gulf states to pay for damage caused by Iranian attacks. ^[1] Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to Iran's supreme leader, told CNN the negotiations were at a deadlock that Trump must break and called the release of frozen funds a test of trust.

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Israeli strikes killed at least 21 people in southern Lebanon, including a paramedic in Zebdine, Lebanon's National News Agency said. ^[1] The UN more than doubled its Lebanon aid appeal to nearly $640 million and said about 1.4 million people need aid and nearly a million have fled their homes. ^[1] CENTCOM said it shot down four Iranian drones headed for the Strait of Hormuz and struck coastal radar sites at Goruk and on Qeshm Island, and that Iran later fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, six of which were intercepted. ^[1][2] Oman suspended crude loading at its Mina al-Fahal terminal after an explosion near the mooring berths, which unnamed sources told Reuters was allegedly caused by a drone attack. ^[1] President Aoun told CNN that Iran must stop interfering in Lebanon, and Foreign Minister Araghchi replied on X telling him to 'save Lebanon from your real foe'.

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An Israeli strike on Sohmor in the western Bekaa killed at least three people and wounded four, Lebanon's National News Agency said, and the Israeli military said one of its soldiers was killed in southern Lebanon. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry said 3,526 people had been killed and 10,733 injured. ^[1][2] Hezbollah rejected the conditional Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, saying it must begin with an Israeli withdrawal, while President Aoun called the agreement a last opportunity and Defence Minister Katz said Israeli troops would not withdraw. ^[1] Iran's foreign minister Araghchi warned that any attack on Beirut would trigger a full-scale resumption of the war and said there had been no tangible progress in talks with the US. President Trump said Iran's enriched uranium was 'entombed' and watched by cameras at three sites, and that the US could take it without a deal but had no reason to.

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Drones hit the passenger terminal of Kuwait International Airport, killing one person and wounding 63, Kuwait's defence ministry said, and Kuwait briefly shut the airport and expelled two Iranian diplomats. ^[1] Israeli strikes killed at least 10 people in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] A Serbian UN peacekeeper was killed when mortars hit a UNIFIL position near Marjayoun; a UN source said the fire appeared to come from Hezbollah, which denied hitting the base, so responsibility is disputed. ^[1] The IRGC said it targeted the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, and Bahrain's defence ministry said it destroyed three missiles and several drones. ^[1] After talks in Washington, the US, Lebanon and Israel said Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire conditional on a complete halt to Hezbollah fire, and to reconvene the week of 22 June. ^[1]

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Lebanon's health ministry said 3,468 people had been killed and 10,577 injured, and the WHO put the number of health workers killed in Lebanon at 128, with 332 injured. ^[1][2][3][4] Iran fired ballistic missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, and CENTCOM said all were intercepted or fell short and that it shot down three drones launched toward civilian shipping, while Iranian state broadcaster IRIB claimed US bases in Kuwait were hit. ^[1] US forces struck an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island, which Iran's foreign ministry said hit a telecommunications tower and violated the ceasefire. ^[1] A US aircraft disabled the tanker Lexie as it headed toward Kharg Island, and CENTCOM said it was the sixth commercial vessel disabled and that 122 had been redirected since the blockade began in April. ^[1] Iran's Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported that Iran's negotiators had stopped communicating with mediators over Lebanon, which President Trump called false. ^[1]

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Israel's prime minister and defence minister ordered the army to target Beirut's southern suburbs and the military told residents to leave, Al Jazeera reported, saying large numbers of people fled and government shelters were reported full. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry put the toll of Israeli attacks since 2 March at 3,433 killed and 10,395 injured. ^[1][2] President Trump later said Israel had agreed to halt the push on Beirut's southern suburbs and Hezbollah had agreed to stop shooting, and Lebanon's presidency said Hezbollah accepted a US proposal for a mutual halt to attacks, though further Israeli strikes in the south were reported that night. ^[1] The IRGC said it struck a base it said the US had used to attack Sirik, and Kuwait said it intercepted missiles and drones with no casualties reported, while CENTCOM said US aircraft had struck Iranian air defences after Iran shot down a US drone. ^[1] Iranian media reported that Tehran had suspended message exchanges with the US over Israel's Lebanon offensive, but President Trump said he had not been told of any pause. ^[1]

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