U.S. peace deal with Iran in question as Israel strikes Lebanon

Trump on Saturday said on Truth Social that he hopes “this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly,” adding the threat that if it does not, “we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!”

An exchange of fire between Israel and Lebanon last week threatened to derail a tenuous ceasefire and reignite the more than three-month-old conflict. The U.S. briefly struck targets in Iran, while Iran lobbed missiles at Israel and other U.S. allies in the region. The proposed deal was announced shortly after the exchange.

But renewed hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah overnight Sunday once again raised doubts that a peace agreement is likely to be struck.

Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said in a post to X that the Israeli strikes in Lebanon threaten to upset the deal.

“The Zionists’ incursion into Dahiyeh has once again shown that America either lacks the will to fulfill its commitments or the ability to do so,” he said in the post, according to a translation on X. “If you lack the will and ability to fulfill your commitments, speaking of continuing the path is not possible.”

Still, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Sunday said that he remains confident the deal will be signed within the day during an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”

“I’m confident. The team is confident,” he said. “I don’t want to get ahead of the president or the vice president, but they have every intent of getting this done today.”

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