One of the day’s most consequential developments came from the Middle East, where Israel and Hezbollah agreed to renew a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon after 24 hours of intense violence. Hezbollah fighters killed four Israeli soldiers, prompting a wave of retaliatory Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley that killed at least 47 people.
The flare-up posed an immediate test for the newly struck US-Iran agreement. A meeting scheduled for Friday between American and Iranian delegations in Switzerland — intended to discuss implementation of the deal — was cancelled amid the clashes. The violence underscored how precarious the broader diplomatic framework remains, even as the ceasefire was technically restored.
