Israel launches new Lebanon strikes even as Trump insists Iran deal coming soon

President Donald Trump insisted again Tuesday that a deal to end the war with Iran could be just days away

President Donald Trump insisted again Tuesday that a deal to end the war with Iran could be just days away.

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Hours after the president’s latest optimistic assessment, Israel renewed its military assault in Lebanon, striking the southern city of Tyre and issuing an evacuation warning that for the first time included the port’s Christian quarter.

The attacks risked renewed fighting with Tehran, a day after exchanges that had threatened a return to all-out war. The U.S. military, meanwhile, said it had used an unmanned boat to rescue two soldiers whose helicopter went down near the flashpoint Strait of Hormuz.