The day prior, Israeli strikes in south Lebanon killed at least eight people, one of them a paramedic, the health ministry said, with the total death toll in the country now over 1200, with over a million displaced.
Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel would occupy a swathe of southern Lebanon even after the conflict ends, and that “all the houses in the villages adjacent to the border in Lebanon will be demolished”.
US stocks meanwhile surged on hopes that a resolution to the month-long war may be in sight, as Brent oil futures finished down 3.2% at $103.97 per barrel.
Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, said the United States would be leaving Iran “very…