The White House said United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday for talks with Iran, but a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said “no meeting is planned to take place between Iran and the US”, and Tehran’s “observations would be mediators are “cautiously optimistic” regarding Iran-US talks after the arrival of Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in the Pakistani capital as part of a three-country tour.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his forces have “full freedom of action” in Lebanon despite the announcement of a three-week extension to a ceasefire, which Hezbollah has said is meaningless amid continued Israeli attacks.
Israeli forces said they killed six Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon as the Lebanese Health Ministry said the number of people killed by Israel’s attacks since March 2 has risen to 2,491, with 7,719 injured.
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