Here are Saturday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran cease-fire and Israel's cease-fire with Hezbollah:
■ The Israeli military fatally shot a seven-month-old baby and moderately wounded his parents in the southern West Bank's Hebron, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported.
■ The Lebanese Army reported that several soldiers, including an officer, were killed in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle in southern Lebanon.
■ In response to comments from Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that Lebanon is "not your country," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shared on X, "Had Lebanon been bargaining chip for Iran, we'd have a deal long ago."
■ Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to the U.S. strikes earlier overnight.
■ The U.S. Central Command said it intercepted "multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones" fired toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf countries.
■ The U.S. Central Command said it struck radar sites in Iran's coastal city of Geruk and on Qeshm Island following Iranian drone launches on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
■ U.S. President Donald Trump said he hasn't reached a deal with Iran because they are "strong" and "proud," adding that Tehran has been "virtually decapitated."
■ The Kuwait Civil Aviation Authority said flights in the country haveresumed after its airspace closed overnight due to an attack from Iran, the state news agency reported.
The UN food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high.
The World Food Program said an analysis in three vulnerable countries found that an additional 2.5 million people in Somalia, 2.3 million in Afghanistan and 1.3 million in Sri Lanka are struggling to meet their basic food needs.
An internally displaced woman prepares breakfast outside their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia in May.Credit: Feisal Omar/ REUTERS
An internally displaced woman prepares breakfast outside their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia in May.Credit: Feisal Omar/ REUTERS
Joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February triggered a regional conflict stretching across the Gulf and into Lebanon, disrupting key shipping routes, including the Strait of Hormuz, forcing vessels to reroute and sharply constraining global energy flows and supply chains.
In March, the WFP forecast as many as 45 million people could fall into acute food insecurity if oil prices remained around $100 per barrel through June. That scenario is now unfolding, the agency said, with benchmark crude prices staying above that level since early March.
The latest round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington lasted more than six hours and, according to Lebanese sources, nearly collapsed after the Lebanese representative, Simon Karam, threatened to walk out over what he called Israel's rigid stance. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly had to step in, prevent a breakdown and secure a statement acceptable to both sides.
Flags of support for Hezbollah in the Beirut-area village of Choueifat, Lebanon, in April.Credit: Mohamed Azakir/ReutersFlags of support for Hezbollah in the Beirut-area village of Choueifat, Lebanon, in April.Credit: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
For now, the significance of these talks remains in their very existence, despite Hezbollah's categorical opposition and Iran's threats to expand the war in the Gulf if a cease-fire in Lebanon isn't achieved. But a cease-fire isn't enough for Iran, which seeks, through Hezbollah, to impose "geographic" rules of engagement on the Lebanese government.
Under this framework, Israel would agree not to attack Dahiyeh and Hezbollah would agree not to attack Tel Aviv. Israel also wouldn't strike other Lebanese cities such as Tyre and Sidon, and Hezbollah wouldn't attack Israeli cities in the north like Haifa, Acre and Safed. But Israeli communities near the border would remain legitimate targets as long as Israel remained in southern Lebanon.
In response to comments from Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that Lebanon is "not your country," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shared on X, "Had Lebanon been bargaining chip for Iran, we'd have a deal long ago."
Aoun had accused Tehran of using Beirut as a bargaining chip with Washington in an interview on CNN.
Based on Mr. Aoun's comments, one would think it's Iran that has occupied 1/5 of Lebanon, displaced 1/4 of Lebanese and bombing his country on daily basis.
Had Lebanon been bargaining chip for Iran, we'd have a deal long ago.
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In an exclusive interview with CNN, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun tells CNN's Christiane Amanpour his message to the IRGC and Iran. cnn.it/43M4QHs
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage after an Iranian attack on the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, in March.Credit: Planet Labs PBC/APThis satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage after an Iranian attack on the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, in March.Credit: Planet Labs PBC/AP
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a U.S. airbase in Kuwait and the U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain with air-launched missiles, Fars News reported.
According to the Iranian agency, the IRGC added that the launches were in response to U.S. strikes on Iran's southern coast, warning that "if these acts are repeated, the response will not remain limited."
The IRGC said if Washington strikes Iran again, it will "bear responsibility for the consequences of a complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz to oil and gas exports."
The U.S. Central Command said it intercepted "multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones" fired toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf countries.
CENTCOM said Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Bahrain and Kuwait, adding that "initial assessments indicate six of the missiles launched by Iran were intercepted and a seventh did not reach its intended target."
The command said there were "no reports of harm to U.S. personnel," denying Iranian claims of damage to the U.S. 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain as "false."
