Summary

  • Tehran warns fresh Israeli strikes on Lebanon risk jeopardising a deal between the US and Iran, which Donald Trump said would be signed on Sunday

  • Israel says it struck a command centre run by the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Beirut earlier

  • In response, Iran's chief negotiator says there is "no point" in continuing with talks after the strikes and accuses Washington of failing to honour its commitments

  • "Let's not blow it!" Trump says on social media, writing that the attack on Beirut "should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran"

  • Pakistan's prime minister, who has been acting as a mediator in US-Iran talks, said on Saturday a deal was expected to be finalised on Sunday, but Iran cast doubt on that timeline

Live Reporting

Edited by Tinshui Yeung and Charlotte Hadfield

  1. Three killed in Israeli strike in southern Beirut - reports

    A Lebanese soldier in army uniform is pictured holding a rifle in front of a damaged apartment building.EPA/Shutterstock

    Three people were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, according to Lebanon's civil defence agency.

    The civil defence agency said in a statement carried by Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA), that "the bodies of three martyrs were recovered from under the rubble".

    NNA reports that the number of those injured in the strike has reached 15, while significant damage was caused to buildings and shops.

    A map showing the location of Lebanon and Beirut

  2. 'Let's not blow it': Trump says Israeli attack on Beirut 'should not have happened'
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    S President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boardingGetty Images

    US President Donald Trump says Israel's strike on Beirut earlier on Sunday "should not have happened".

    "Particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran," he writes on Truth Social.

    He says Israel has a "right to defend itself" but the attack it was responding to was "very small and meaningless".

    He adds that the US and Iran are "very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should stand down".

    Trump says there should be no more attacks by Israel or "any other party", adding that this could be the "beginning of a long and beautiful peace — Let’s not blow it!".

  3. Strikes on Beirut put imminent US-Iran deal in doubt but by no means rules it out

    Sebastian Usher
    Global affairs correspondent, reporting from Jerusalem

    Lebanese security forces at the site of an Israeli airstrike on 14 JuneEPA

    Lebanese security forces at the site of an Israeli airstrike on 14 June

    Iran's chief negotiator has said that Israel's attacks on Beirut in Lebanon show the US is not fulfilling its commitments.

    Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf made his comments after Israeli forces struck Hezbollah targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in response to rocket fire by Hezbollah into northern Israel.

    It comes as the US was indicating that an initial deal with Iran to end their war could be signed today.

    Israel's offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon almost reignited the Iran war last week after Tehran fired missiles into Israel in response to the Israeli military hitting Beirut.

    President Trump quickly intervened to demand that both sides hold their fire, which they did.

    He may have to do the same again now. The situation in Lebanon will be one of the toughest issues to be negotiated if and when the US and Iran sign an initial agreement.

    In the past two days, both sides have shown a commitment to finalising that deal imminently. The latest flare up puts that in doubt but by no means rules it out.

  4. Fresh Israeli strikes on Lebanon amid reports of imminent US-Iran deal

    Lebanese army soldiers stand guard as people clear the rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in Beirut's southern suburbs on June 14, 2026Getty Images

    Images show damage to buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut following an Israeli strike on Sunday

    Israel has carried out a fresh strike in Beirut's southern suburbs amid reports of an imminent deal between Iran and the US.

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it struck a Hezbollah command centre in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut following "Hezbollah’s launch of aerial targets toward Israeli territory" earlier on Sunday.

    Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that the latest strike shows the US is not fulfilling its commitments and either lacks the will or ability to do so.

    Iran has long insisted Lebanon be covered by the peace deal being negotiated with Washington. Ghalibaf said there was "no point" in talking about continuing "down this path".

    The strike on Lebanon's capital comes after US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a deal to end the war with Iran would be signed on Sunday.

    Writing on Truth Social, he said the deal would see the Strait of Hormuz immediately opened "to all" and would guarantee Iran is never able to build a nuclear weapon.

    However, Iran's foreign ministry has expressed caution over the timeline for signing the deal, warning that we will "have to wait and see about the exact date".