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\u00a0U.S. President Donald Trump\u00a0on Sunday urged no further attacks by anyone after Israel\u2019s military said it launched strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut, potentially complicating efforts to\u00a0finalize a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war.\u00a0Smoke rose over the Lebanese capital, and the health ministry said three people were killed and 16 others wounded.<\/p>\n
Iran threatened a military response. Trump reacted on social media: \u201cWe are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s not blow it!\u201d<\/p>\n
The deal in its current form is a deep disappointment to Israel\u2019s government, which has been sidelined in negotiations led by Pakistan and others. The last time\u00a0Israel struck the Beirut suburbs a week ago,\u00a0it set off the most serious escalation of fighting between Iran and Israel since the tenuous ceasefire took hold April 7.<\/p>\n
Trump, who had said the deal could be signed Sunday, has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop hitting Lebanon hard while a deal is near, but the prime minister has defied him.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu\u2019s office said the strikes were in response to Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel. Israel\u2019s military said Hezbollah launched three projectiles, releasing footage where an audible boom was followed by rising smoke. There was no immediate comment from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael will not tolerate firing into its territory,\u201d Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement. The military later said it was preparing for potential incoming fire in the coming hours.<\/p>\n
Trump described the attack on northern Israel as \u201cvery small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process.\u201d<\/p>\n
An Associated Press photographer at the scene in Beirut said a five-story apartment building with shops on the ground floor was struck. The two lowest floors were the most heavily damaged. Residents of the southern suburbs, many of whom had returned home after weeks of relative calm, could be seen fleeing.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah fired missiles into Israel on March 2, two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, sparking war in the Middle East. Israeli troops have since pushed their\u00a0invasion\u00a0of Lebanon deeper than at any point in\u00a0over a quarter century.<\/p>\n
Iran wants a ceasefire deal to include the fighting in Lebanon. It\u2019s unclear whether that would mean Israeli forces\u2019 withdrawal and when. Most of Hezbollah\u2019s attacks in recent weeks have targeted Israeli troops inside Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a lead negotiator for Tehran, warned the U.S. on X after Israel\u2019s strikes that \u201cif you lack the will and ability to fulfill your commitments, speaking of continuing the path is not possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout a doubt, these crimes will not go unanswered,\u201d said Gen. Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy commander of Iran\u2019s Joint Command Headquarters, the official Mizan news agency reported.<\/p>\n
Qatari mediators traveled to Tehran on Sunday to finalize the agreement, according to two regional officials.<\/p>\n
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, expressed cautious optimism that the U.S. and Iran were finally approaching a deal that could halt hostilities that have killed thousands of people and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure has thrown\u00a0world markets into disarray.<\/p>\n
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Saturday the deal would be signed Sunday, while Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said it could happen in the coming days. Trump said the\u00a0Strait of Hormuzwould open immediately after the signing.<\/p>\n
The deal is expected to be signed electronically, without an in-person ceremony, though it\u2019s unclear when or how the signing will take place.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s government warned that any division at home over the deal weakens its negotiating position, and those criticizing negotiators are taking aim at a national decision. Iranians must recognize that no war lasts forever, spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani told the state-run IRNA news agency.<\/p>\n
The deal does not solve the thorniest issues between the U.S. and Iran, including\u00a0Iran\u2019s nuclear program\u00a0or its billions of dollars in frozen funds, but offers a 60-day framework for technical discussions on those issues, according to Pakistani and regional officials familiar with the ongoing negotiations. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.<\/p>\n
The officials described Pakistan\u2019s effort leading the negotiations, struggling for months to keep both sides from walking out on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n
Under the deal being discussed, U.S. and Israel appear to have fallen short of their original goals of destroying Iran\u2019s missile and nuclear programs and ending its support for armed proxies in the region. It is not clear how the deal will address these issues, or if they will be part of the final agreement.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s nuclear program and highly enriched uranium have long been at the center of tensions with the U.S. and Israel and an international source of concern. Trump on social media asserted Saturday that \u201cwhen all is calm,\u201d the U.S. would go in and \u201cdownblend and destroy\u201d the enriched uranium in Iran or in the U.S.<\/p>\n
Iran has 440.9 kilograms (972 pounds) of uranium that is enriched up to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to\u00a0the International Atomic Energy Agency.<\/p>\n
Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is peaceful and has not publicly committed to giving up the enriched uranium, which is believed to be buried under three nuclear sites that were badly damaged by U.S. strikes last year.<\/p>\n
Critics in Trump\u2019s\u00a0Republican Party, struggling with an unpopular war ahead of the midterm elections, have criticized the emerging deal. Some said it did not improve on the terms of the\u00a02015 Iran nuclear deal\u00a0that Trump withdrew the U.S. from during his first term and which he still describes as \u201cbad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Trump was expected to discuss demining the\u00a0Strait of Hormuzduring the Group of Seven summit that starts Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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