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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger, Andrew Roth and David Smith

Middle East ceasefire threatens to unravel as Israel assaults Lebanon and Iran blocks oil tankers

Smoke rises near high-rise buildings in Beirut
Israel struck more than 100 targets in Beirut and across Lebanon on Wednesday. Photograph: Wael Hamzeh/EPA

The fate of the two-week ceasefire in the Iran conflict looked in peril on Wednesday as both sides gave divergent versions of what had been agreed, Israel intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon and Iran halted the passage of oil tankers because of an alleged Israeli ceasefire breach.

Iran and Pakistan, which brokered the 11th-hour truce, both asserted that the ceasefire included Lebanon.

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