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Iran live updates: Israel, Hezbollah exchange attacks as Trump mulls Iran offer

President Trump told Congress this week that hostilities "have terminated."

Last Updated: May 3, 2026, 8:01 AM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, initial U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan in April failed to reach a peace deal.

Trump later announced the open-ended extension of the ceasefire and the continuation of the blockade until Iran's proposal is submitted and discussions are concluded "one way or the other."

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IDF says it hit 120 Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Saturday that it struck 120 alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon during weekend attacks, among which it claimed were 70 military-use structures and around 50 other infrastructure targets.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun in the Nabatieh district on May 2, 2026.
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In a statement posted to Telegram on Saturday, Hezbollah claimed five new attacks on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.

May 02, 2026, 7:23 PM EDT

Trump says he's reviewing new Iranian peace plan, but 'can't imagine' it's acceptable

Trump told reporters Saturday that he had not yet reviewed the new Iranian peace offer but would be doing so later.

“They told me about the concept of the deal. They're going to give me the exact wording now,” he added.

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President Donald Trump talks to reporters before he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday May 2, 2026, en route Miami.
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Shortly later, the president confirmed on his social media platform that he was reviewing the plan.

"I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years," he wrote in the post.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

May 02, 2026, 7:08 PM EDT

Iranian press reveals new details of what it says is Tehran's peace proposal

Iranian media reportedly revealed some details Saturday on the government's new peace proposal sent through Pakistani mediators last Thursday.

Semi-official news agencies Fars and Tasnim reported Tehran submitted a 14-point counterproposal to the U.S.'s nine-point proposal. The agencies claimed the U.S. requested a two-month ceasefire but Iran says issues should be resolved within 30 days.

Some of the Iranian demands included a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iran’s surroundings, the lifting the naval blockade and a new mechanism for the Strait, lifting sanctions and ending the war on all fronts including Lebanon, according to the news agencies.

The U.S. has not commented on the specific details of their negotiations with Iran.

-ABC News' Claire Bower

May 02, 2026, 4:44 PM EDT

US fast-tracks $8.6 billion in arms sales to Middle East partners

The U.S. has approved $8.6 billion worth of arms for Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar and Israel -- sidestepping Congress by invoking emergency powers, according to notices published by the State Department.

The State Department notified Congress it was using its authorities for the sales, including $4 billion worth of Patriot missile interceptors for Qatar.

A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System assigned to the Fort Bliss, Texas-based 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade fires as part of a bi-lateral live-fire exercise at McGregor Range, N.M., May 11, 2024.
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Since the outset of the war in Iran, the administration has used the authority for billions of dollars' worth of sales to the UAE, Israel and Kuwait.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the administration was "using the veneer of an emergency declaration to push through sales with no urgent nexus to current conflicts."

-ABC News' Chris Boccia

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