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"Sigh of Relief": U.S. & Iran Agree to 2-Week Ceasefire, But Israel Keeps Bombing Lebanon

2026-04-08 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The United States and Iran have announced a two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistan, under which Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel is also part of the agreement, but it has said it will continue its attacks and occupation inside Lebanon. The deal was reached less than two hours before President Trump's 8 p.m. ET deadline Tuesday for Iran to reopen the strait under threat of destroying every power plant and major bridge in Iran. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@lorraineescott1370 2026-04-08

Why is Israel allowed to decide that Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire ? Israel carries on unimpeded killing and destroying . This wretched state is the source of all the disputes in the Middle East.

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@Stan_Carlson1960 2026-04-08

Israel will do everything to screw it up.

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@jessealedonis3987 2026-04-08

Condemn Trump . Put him away NOW!!! He is no good .🧐🥺🤨🤔 His true face 👹

36 3 replies
@violentdeer 2026-04-08

US and Israel bombed an oil refinery in Iran this morning. Couldn’t even go 24 hours letalone two weeks

36 1 replies
@Monsoonpain 2026-04-08

WORSE deal than the Obama deal ever was ! He tore up the iran deal, and the TPP deal (which was designed to screw CHINA), simply because Obama was Black....nothing more complex, he gave no thought to the consequences

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@jerrybriardy 2026-04-08

Why would Iran trust the US on any level, much less Israel? Israel is already in massive violation of the ceasefire.

27 1 replies
@DavidHarrison-x2r4eyes 2026-04-08

Israel has yet to honor the ceasefire with Gaza . Trump has once again made a deal with the Devil .

20 1 replies
@RosarioVasta-s8t6y 2026-04-08

It will not last this ceasefire .....it can't while Lebanon ontinue to be attached

19 1 replies
@hamsters7760 2026-04-08

If anything was going to prop up the regime in Iran, it's this war.

13 1 replies
@LauraLaFauve 2026-04-08

Sadly, it sounds like Netanyahu is destroying exactly what he wanted to destroy. 😢

12 1 replies

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