Key facts
- President Donald Trump stated a peace deal with Iran is still set for signing within hours.
- Trump blamed an Israeli strike on Beirut for delaying the deal's signing by a few hours.
- Trump expressed strong disapproval of the Israeli attack on Beirut.
- Trump affirmed that a peace deal with Iran is close to being finalized.
- Israel reported killing senior Hezbollah commander Ali Moussa Dakdouk.
- An Israeli raid on Beirut killed three people and injured 16 others.
US President Donald Trump stated that a peace deal with Iran was still on track to be signed within hours, despite an Israeli strike on Beirut that he said had delayed the plan. Trump expressed strong disapproval of the attack, calling it 'so bad' and a disruption to the deal's original signing time. Israel reported that its army intercepted several suspected aerial targets near the Lebanese border. Earlier, an Israeli raid on Beirut's southern suburb killed three people and injured 16 others, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. The ministry also stated that the total death toll from Israeli aggression between March 2 and June 14 has risen to 3,783. Israel claimed it killed senior Hezbollah commander Ali Moussa Dakdouk in a strike south of Lebanon’s Litani River. An Iranian official threatened a 'strong response' following Israel's attacks on Beirut, though Trump stated he would ask Iran not to attack Israel in response. Former US President Barack Obama commented that any new deal between Washington and Tehran is unlikely to be a significant improvement over his own 2015 nuclear pact.