Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon after huge attacks jeopardise truce

(Reuters)

DUBAI/BEIRUT, April 9 – Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the Middle East ceasefire in further jeopardy after its biggest attacks ​of the war on its neighbour killed more than 250 people and threatened to torpedo Donald Trump’s truce from the outset.

Iranian negotiators were expected to set off later on Thursday for Pakistan for the first peace talks ‌of the war, due to meet a U.S. delegation on Saturday.

But there was no sign Iran had lifted its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused the worst disruption to global energy supplies in history. Tehran said there would be no deal as long as Israel was striking Lebanon.