Fate of peace deal unknown as Israeli attacks in Lebanon enrage Iran

President Trump on Sunday reiterated that the U.S. and Iran would sign a peace deal even as intense Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah enclaves in Lebanon threaten to hamper the tentative peace negotiations between the two nations. In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump said that the Israel military’s attack on the Beirut suburb of Dahiya should not have happened “particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran.” He clarified that Israel has the right to defend itself and respond to missile and drone attacks from Hezbollah, but that “the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process.” “We are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon,…

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