President Donald Trump presented the new U.S.-Iran ceasefire as a breakthrough, a two-week pause that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calm oil markets, and pull the region back from a wider war. Within hours, that message was already colliding with reality as Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Reuters reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed Trump's two-week pause on Iran strikes but said Lebanon was not included. That meant one of the region's most explosive fronts remained and remains active.
