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Iran live updates: US-Iran talks ongoing, Israel advances in Lebanon
Several weeks of peace talks are yet to produce a resolution to the conflict.
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 a U.S. blockade until negotiations are concluded "one way or the other."
Key Headlines
- Death toll in Lebanon now 3,412 from Israeli attacks, health ministry says
- Any deal with US must secure 'rights of the Iranian people,' Ghalibaf says
- IDF advances north of Litani River, approaches city of Nabatieh
- 'Suspected' mine reported in Strait of Hormuz, Omani authorities say
- Hegseth calls talks with Iran 'productive'
IDF claims strikes on 135 alleged Hezbollah targets in 24 hours
The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that it struck more than 135 alleged Hezbollah targets across Lebanon over the previous 24 hours.
The targeted areas included Tyre and other parts of southern Lebanon as well as the Beqaa Valley in the east, according to the IDF. The IDF also confirmed a new strike in Beirut on Thursday.
Overnight, the IDF issued more forced evacuation warnings to residents of Lebanon, specifically the city of Tyre and Zaqqoq Al-Mufdi in the south of the country.
A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told ABC News that the target in Thursday's strike on Beirut was a senior Hezbollah missile unit commander.
-ABC News' Morgan Winsor
Israel confirms new strike in Beirut
The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Thursday that it carried out a strike on Lebanon's capital Beirut, though it did not immediately specify what the target was.
Local media reported an explosion in the Choueifat area in the south of the city.
A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told ABC News that the target in Thursday's strike on Beirut was a senior Hezbollah missile unit commander.
-ABC News' Morgan Winsor
CENTCOM says Iran launched missile toward Kuwait
U.S. Central Command alleged in a post to X on Thursday that Iran "launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait that was successfully intercepted by Kuwaiti forces," in what it called an "egregious ceasefire violation."
CENTCOM said the missile launch came shortly after Iranian forces launched five attack drones in and near the Strait of Hormuz.
"All drones were successfully intercepted by U.S. forces which also prevented a sixth drone launch from an Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas," CENTCOM said.
-ABC News' Chad Murray
Israeli strikes rock Tyre in southern Lebanon
Israel launched fresh strikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Thursday morning, following the Israel Defense Forces' latest evacuation order for residents of the city.
Earlier on Thursday, the IDF issued an "urgent warning" to residents of Zuqaq al-Mufdi, a neighborhood in Tyre, to evacuate ahead of planned strikes.
Tyre has been a regular target of Israel's strikes in southern Lebanon. The IDF says it is targeting Hezbollah members and infrastructure, but Lebanese officials report a rapidly mounting civilian death toll.
Between March 2 and May 26, Israeli forces had killed at least 3,213 people and wounded another 9,737 across Lebanon, according to a tally from the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
The continued killings come despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed between Lebanese and Israeli leaders in April. Israel says its ongoing strikes are necessary to degrade Hezbollah capabilities and stop the Iran-backed group from firing toward northern Israel.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, continues its attacks on Israeli forces prosecuting Israel's ground campaign inside southern Lebanon and longer-range attacks into northern Israel.
ABC News' Jordana Miller and Helena Skinner