Israel and Lebanon agree to implement conditional truce

Updated / Thursday, The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is contingent on complete cessation of fire from Iran-aligned Hezbollah group Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, the Trump administration has said, in a boost to hopes for a broader deal to end the US-Israeli war on ⁠Iran. Tehran, which had conditioned any deal with the US in part on an end to fighting between Israel and Lebanon, earlier struck Kuwait, damaging its airport and injuring dozens while the US military carried out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz. The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is contingent on a complete cessation of fire from the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia and the evacuation of all its operatives from the South Litani Sector, a joint statement released . The two sides had agreed last month to a ceasefire but hostilities had continued. Deligations from Israel and Iran during talks in Washington Israel invaded Lebanon in March in pursuit of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which fired across the border in support of Tehran. The attacks on Kuwait and in the Strait of Hormuz are the latest to test a shaky ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran, sending oil prices up nearly 2%, as the waterway remains largely closed more than three months after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran. Flights at Kuwait International Airport were suspended after an Iranian drone and missile attack damaged airport facilities and diplomatic missions, killing one person and injuring more than 60 others, Kuwaiti authorities and state media said. Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways later resumed flights after taking safety measures, the civil aviation authority said. Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said they did ‌not fire at Kuwait's airport and blamed the destruction on US interceptor missiles ⁠that failed to hit their targets, according to Iranian state media. The US military said that was not accurate and that Iranian drones targeted the airport deliberately. Earlier, Iranian media reported the Revolutionary Guards had attacked the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and a US airbase, as well as a vessel identified as Panaya. US Central Command denied its bases had been hit and said Iranian ballistic missiles failed to strike their targets in the region. CENTCOM said it had carried out a new round of "defensive strikes" in southern Iran, targeted missile launch sites and Iranian boats seeking to lay mines and conducted strikes on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz after attempted Iranian attacks.