Oil prices rise more than 2% as Israel steps up incursion into Lebanon
The stepped-up fighting dimmed expectations that the US, Iran could soon announce a ceasefire extension.
Oil prices rise more than 2% as Israel steps up incursion into Lebanon
The stepped-up fighting dimmed expectations that the US, Iran could soon announce a ceasefire extension. Grouped from 2 articles across 2 sources.
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Israel seizes strategic castle in deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years
Experts say capture is largely symbolic, but it complicates efforts to extend the ceasefire between US and Iran Israeli troops have captured a clifftop castle as they made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than 26 years, further shattering a nominal US-brokered ceasefire and complicating efforts to extend the separate truce between Washington and Tehran. After days of intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages, the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said the military had captured Beaufort Castle, also known as Qalaat al-Shaqif, which it had used as a base during its previous occupation of southern Lebanon between 1982 and 2000. Continue reading...
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