Iran war updates: Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed on Sunday

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• Trump said a deal with Iran will be signed on Sunday, adding that the Strait of Hormuz will immediately be “open to all” once the signing happens.
• Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said earlier that the signing wouldn’t be on Sunday but could be in the “coming days”.
• Israel launched a series of attacks across southern Lebanon, killing at least five people, as it also issued more forced displacement orders in two dozen communities.
• The Israeli military carried out air strikes and artillery shelling in the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians in southern Khan Younis and injuring others in separate incidents in Gaza City.

Hezbollah says it used drones and rocket barrages in its attacks on sites and Israeli troop deployments in southern Lebanon.

The group also claimed it intercepted Israeli drones using surface-to-air missiles several times.

Yair Lapid has delivered a scathing critique of the Israeli prime minister, saying the emerging US-Iran deal has failed to secure any of Israel’s war objectives.

“The [Iranian] regime survives, the missile programme remains intact, and Iran can rebuild its nuclear programme,” the Israeli opposition leader said in a social media post.

Lapid described the US-Iran deal as the result of a “complete failure” by Netanyahu, whom he accused of turning Israel into “a client state”.

“No press conference, no media spin, and no AI-generated video will be able to hide this failure,” he added.

The UN humanitarian office (OCHA) has released its latest figures on conditions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip:

• One-third of essential medicines are out of stock in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, which also reported that more than 11,000 surgeries have been postponed so far this year.
• More than 1,000 Israeli settler attacks have caused casualties or property damage across more than 230 communities in the West Bank since the start of 2026. More than 2,200 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced as a result of the violence.
• More than 70 percent of Palestinians in Gaza rely on trucked water, “but funding gaps are putting this supply at risk”.

Animal lovers in Gaza are resorting to desperate measures to keep their pets healthy as only two veterinary clinics are still operating amid Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave.

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The Iranians haven’t confirmed that they will sign tomorrow, and they haven’t confirmed that the leadership here has agreed officially on the deal.

A lot of questions [are swirling], and until we see the text of the memorandum of understanding, I think there will be differences between what the Americans are saying and what the Iranians are saying.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) says it has documented Israeli forces moving the so-called “Yellow Line” deeper into Gaza City, in what the organisation says is part of a broader effort to expand areas under Israeli control.

PCHR said that Israeli forces shifted the markers in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, forcing dozens of Palestinians out of their homes.

Israeli forces “continue to intensify their policy of destroying the remaining homes and residential blocks in the Gaza Strip while expanding the scope of their military control”, the rights group said in a statement.

The “Yellow Line” refers to the unmarked boundary that Israel has established in Gaza as it maintains control over large swaths of territory. Israeli troops have regularly shot at Palestinians accused of crossing the demarcation.

PCHR says the Israeli-controlled zone now covers more than 60 percent of the Strip.

Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, has discussed latest developments in the US-Iran negotiations with Kuwait’s Foreign Minister, Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

In their call they expressed support for the progress that has been achieved and their hope that a deal will be signed soon by Washington and Tehran, said the Qatari foreign ministry.

“Both sides affirmed their full support for the ongoing commendable efforts to address all pending issues through dialogue and peaceful means,” the statement said.

The Israeli military has raided Beita, Awarta, Osarin, Aqrabah, and Beit Imrin in the north of the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting, citing local sources.

Clashes broke out in Awarta following the raid by Israeli troops, who fired sound bombs and tear gas at residents.

The army also raided and searched a home in Beit Imrin, while a group of Israeli settlers stormed an area on the outskirts of Beita.

Palestinians across the West Bank have faced a surge of intensified Israeli military and settler violence in the shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Al Jazeera’s Marah Rayan explains how the perpetrators of sexual violence can operate with impunity in Israel.

Hezbollah has said it carried out a series of attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, including several drone strikes and what it described as an ambush targeting an Israeli infantry unit.

The group said it targeted an Israeli armoured vehicle near Hamams Hill, south of Khiam, as well as Israeli troops positioned in a building in Khiam, with Ababil drones.

Hezbollah also said it struck a newly established Israeli artillery position in al-Adaisseh with a drone.

In another statement, the group claimed it lured an Israeli infantry force into an ambush near Kfar Tebnit; Hezbollah said explosive devices were detonated and artillery fire was directed at the area, forcing Israeli troops to withdraw.

The Truth Social post from the US president focused on Iran not having a nuclear weapon; This is something that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu can build on because it is in line with Israel’s priorities.

Everything else is not being talked about in detail, and according to some of the reports we’ve seen, some of the unnamed officials talking to Israeli media, it doesn’t seem like the assessment [of the US-Iran deal] in Israel is positive.

Israel is aware that it doesn’t have many choices, however. The US has decided there is a way out of this war and Israel will have to comply. The question now is, how will the Israeli prime minister sell this to the public without admitting defeat?

There is widespread support [in Israel] for escalating the war on Iran, for escalating the war on Lebanon. And right now, the military in Israel is getting ready for orders to halt the ground invasion and to downscale the attacks in Lebanon in anticipation of the obligations that will be imposed on Israel because of the agreement between the US and Iran.