Secretary of State Rubio and PM Netanyahu welcome U.S.-brokered framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon as a step toward lasting peace.

Iran and Israel said on Monday that they would halt hostilities for the time being, after trading hefty attacks for the first time since a ceasefire took effect in April. On Monday afternoon, Iran's

In launching ​renewed strikes on Iran on Monday in apparent open defiance of Donald Trump, Israel has tried to make its case to have a say at ‌the peace negotiating table, where it has so far been kept at arm's length by the U.

Israel’s military struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight into Friday and Hezbollah reported intense fighting in the area, threatening the nascent agreement between Iran and the United States to end their war.

Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued unabated in southern Lebanon, casting fresh uncertainty over planned talks between the US and Iran to permanently end the war in the Middle East and curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

The announcement comes after the first missile exchange between Iran and Israel since a ceasefire went into effect in April.

Israel and Iran were firing missiles at each other Monday, endangering the shaky truce that's been in place as well as talks on a deal to end the fighting.