Israeli defence ministry says France bans Israeli offensive weapons from defence show
The French government is limiting Israeli defence companies to exhibiting only air defence products at this year’s Eurosatory international exhibition for the defence and security industry, according to an Israeli Defence Ministry spokesperson.
The Eurosatory exhibition runs from June 15 to 19 this year.
The French government’s restrictions on Israeli defence companies at Eurosatory are “disgraceful”, the spokesperson said.
Israel military issues evacuation warning for Beirut’s southern suburbs
The Israeli military on Monday issued an evacuation order for residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs and warned that it would strike targets in the area if Hezbollah continued firing rockets at Israeli cities and towns, military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said.
Iranian media says Tehran suspends negotiations via mediators with US over Lebanon attacks
Iran is suspending all exchanges with the US via mediators, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported, as the two sides remained apart on a deal to end the Middle East war.
“Given the continuing crimes of the Zionist regime (Israel) in Lebanon and considering that Lebanon was one of the preconditions for the ceasefire and that this ceasefire has now been violated on all fronts, including Lebanon, the Iranian negotiating team is suspending dialogues and exchange of texts through mediators,” Tasnim reported.
Hezbollah still fighting Israeli troops near south Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle
Hezbollah said its fighters were still battling Israeli troops near south Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle on Monday, a day after Israel said it seized the strategic fortress and troops raised the Israeli flag there.
In a statement issued by Hezbollah’s operations room, the group said its fighters were in a “battle of attrition against forces of the Israeli enemy army who are present in the area”.
Hamas to hold talks with Gaza mediators in Egypt, report says
A Hamas delegation is due to meet with mediators in Egypt on Wednesday to discuss ways of advancing the fragile Gaza ceasefire, officials from the Palestinian Islamist movement told AFP.
“Egypt has invited Hamas and other factions to participate in talks with mediators on Wednesday… which will also include Qatari and Turkish officials,” a Hamas official said, declining to be identified as he was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter.
“The mediators have presented ideas for formulating a new, revised proposal acceptable to both Hamas and Israel,” the official addes.
Hamas and the Israeli military and Hamas have accused each other of violating a fragile truce that has been in effect since October as Gaza continues to be gripped by daily violence, with
A transition to the second phase of the ceasefire, which was supposed to involve Hamas’s disarmament and a gradual withdrawal of the Israeli army, has been stalled for months.
Hamas has repeatedly said it is not opposed to handing over some of its arsenal, but only as part of a Palestinian political process.
The official said the Hamas delegation, headed by chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, as well as representatives from other Palestinian factions, was expected to arrive in Cairo starting Tuesday for the talks to be held in the Mediterranean town of El-Alamein.
Is Israel seeking free reign from US in Lebanon?
FRANCE 24’s correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
EU calls on Israel to ‘stop military escalation’ in Lebanon
The European Union on Monday urged Israel to halt its military operation in Lebanon, after Israel seized the strategic Beaufort Castle and said it would resume strikes on southern Beirut.
“We call on Israel to stop its military escalation in Lebanon and to respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni said.
Israel says to establish military-controlled zone around Litani River area in Lebanon
Israel’s defence minister said Monday there would be “no calm in Beirut” if Hezbollah attacks continued and vowed to establish a military-controlled zone in the area of south Lebanon’s Litani River.
“The Dahiyeh in Beirut is no different from the communities in northern Israel — if there is no calm in the north, there will be no calm in Beirut,” Israel Katz said in a statement released by his office, referring to the Beirut southern suburb and Hezbollah stronghold where he had earlier Monday ordered strikes.
“At the same time, the IDF continues to operate with fire and manoeuvre against Hezbollah terrorists and infrastructure in Lebanon… in order to push threats away from IDF forces and from the residents of the State of Israel, and to turn the Litani area into a zone under IDF security control, free of weapons and terrorists,” Katz added.
Iran foreign ministry says currently no talks with US over nuclear issue
Iran’s foreign ministry has said that there were currently no exchanges with the United States over the details of Tehran’s nuclear programme.
“We know when it is necessary to act on nuclear matters. No negotiations have taken place on the details of the nuclear file. At this stage, our priority is ending the war,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said.
Israeli strike kills at least two at Gaza seaport café, medics say
An Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians and wounded 12 on Sunday at a Gaza café that was packed with people celebrating public holidays, health officials said.
There was no immediate Israeli comment. An October ceasefire, brokered by US Trump, has failed to halt Israeli attacks in Gaza.
French President commends Trump’s ‘determined efforts’ to reach agreement with Iran
French President Emmanuel Macron said he spoke with President Donald Trump on Sunday evening and commended the US leader’s “determined efforts” to reach a peace deal with Iran.
Macron said France was “ready to fully support these efforts” through a mission to help secure maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and by contributing “expertise and capabilities to the broader negotiations that must begin, particularly regarding the nuclear component of an agreement”.
Macron also said in a post on X that he and Trump discussed the need for a “robust ceasefire” in Lebanon.
Is Israel’s seizure of Lebanon castle really a ‘dramatic shift’?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to push deeper into Lebanon after his military took over the medieval castle of Beaufort on Sunday, calling it a “dramatic shift” in the campaign against Hezbollah.
But, says France 24’s Philip Turle, the castle’s capture is largely symbolic, with little strategic importance, and it remains unclear if Israel is currently winning its battle with Hezbollah.
Residents flee the southern suburbs of Beirut, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to attack targets in the area.
© Mohamad Azakir, Reuters
Iran foreign ministry says ceasefire in Lebanon remains condition for US deal
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that a ceasefire in Lebanon remains a key condition for a deal with the United States.
“We insist that a ceasefire in Lebanon is an essential condition for any deal aimed at ending the war,” said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press briefing.
Baqaei added that United States continued to violate its ceasefire with Iran, after US strikes on a southern port triggered a brief military flare-up.
“The United States is also violating the ceasefire including this morning,” said Baqaei, vowing that Iran will “take whatever measures we deem necessary to defend Iran’s national security”.
Israeli PM orders military to attack targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on Monday ordered the military to attack targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh.
Israel army says soldier killed in south Lebanon fighting
The Israeli army announced that one of its soldiers had been killed on Monday in fighting in southern Lebanon, bringing to 26 the number of Israeli military deaths since early March.
Staff Sergeant Adam Tzarfati, 20, “fell in combat in southern Lebanon”, the army said in a brief statement.
In total, 26 Israelis have been killed – 25 soldiers and one civilian contractor – since hostilities between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah resumed on March 2, when the Shiite militant group reopened the front in support of Tehran, following US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
President says Lebanon facing ‘vicious Israeli aggression’
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that his country was facing “a vicious and reprehensible Israeli aggression”, after Israel stepped up its offensive against Hezbollah with the capture of the medieval Beaufort Castle.
Aoun condemned the Israeli offensive in a post on X and pledged to “work to end the suffering of the Lebanese people, and people in the south in particular”.
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Lebanon on Monday
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Monday over Israel’s expansion of its offensive in Lebanon, following the capture of the medieval castle of Beaufort.
The meeting was requested by France and will take place immediately after an emergency meeting over the crash of a Russian drone into a Romanian apartment building, which is scheduled for 3pm (1900 GMT), diplomatic sources said.
Trump claims Iran ‘really wants’ to make peace deal
President Donald Trump on Monday said in a post on Truth Social that Iran really wanted to make a deal with the US and that it would be a good one for Washington and its allies.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us,” Trump wrote.
Iran’s chief negotiator said on Sunday that Tehran would not accept any deal with Washington unless Iranian rights were fully guaranteed.
Iran executes two men accused of leading early 2026 protests
Iran executed two men convicted over their role in unrest in Tehran in January 2026, including setting fire to a mosque, damaging public property and clashing with security forces, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan has reported.
Mizan identified the men as Mehrdad Mohammadinia and Ashkan Maleki and said they were among the main perpetrators of an attack on the Jafari Mosque in Tehran’s Gisha neighbourhood.
Their death sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court before being carried out, Mizan added.
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