Middle East crisis live: Iran army official says Beirut attack will not go ‘unanswered’ after Trump says peace deal will be signed today

Tehran’s top negotiator says the strikes showed the ⁠US ‌either lacked ‌the will to ‌fulfil its commitments or the ability to do so

Trump says Iran peace deal could be signed by Sunday, with strait of Hormuz to open shortly after

Israel says it has struck Beirut’s south suburbs, with explosions heard in the city. The Israeli military claimed the attacks on the Lebanese capital were in response to Hezbollah firing into Israeli territory.

The military were reportedly targeting Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the group’s stronghold known as Dahiyeh, according to a joint statement by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Israel Katz.