Iran War Ceasefire in Doubt as Bombing Continues

With reports from Gulf nations of continued drone strikes, Israel’s insistence it can keep bombing Lebanon and traffic in the Strait of Hormuz reportedly at a standstill, it would seem Donald Trump’s dramatic announcement last night of a ceasefire in the war with Iran might have been premature.

In fact, some Israelis say they want the war to continue to fully eliminate the regional threat they say is posed by Tehran. But on Wednesday it was Lebanon that Israel was bombing, its largest assault on that country since the start of its recent invasion. Israeli attacks said to be aimed at Iran-aligned Hezbollah have killed at least 1,500 people there since the war began. Iran today pushed back on any de-escalation of the war that doesn’t include Lebanon.