Main points

• Israel and Hizbullah have agreed ‌to a ceasefire set to begin at 4 pm local time on Friday, a senior US official has said
• US vice-president JD Vance had been due to travel to Switzerland on Friday to meet Iranian negotiators, but talks were abruptly cancelled
• At least 16 people were killed in Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon overnight
• Earlier, Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, said “all of Lebanon must burn”

Talks: Switzerland’s foreign ministry announced this morning that planned negotiations between the US and Iran on implementing the 14-point memorandum of understanding to end their war were cancelled.

Trump: US President Donald Trump claimed Iran entered into negotiations to end the conflict in the Gulf due to “desperation” and that the war has “diminished” the country militarily.

Vance: US vice-president JD Vance sharply rebuked Israeli government critics of the US deal with Iran.

Lebanon: Israel and Hizbullah have agreed ‌to a ceasefire in Lebanon which was set to begin on Friday.

Netanyahu: Israeli ‌Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Israel will not tolerate attacks on its soldiers or territory and warned that it will “exact” a very heavy price from Hizbullah after it hit 80 targets in Lebanon, claiming to have killed “dozens” of its fighters.

IDF says it will continue its mission in Lebanon ‘until ordered otherwise’

Effie Defrin, a spokesperson for the Israeli military, said the IDF will remain in southern Lebanon and “carry on with its mission until ordered otherwise” to protect civilians in northern Israel.

Addressing the reported ceasefire during a press briefing, he said: “Our objective and mission are very clear. Anything concerning any agreements is a matter for the government.

“As long as we haven’t received different orders, we’ll act in accordance with the army’s chief of staff’s orders.”

There has not been official confirmation of a ceasefire in Lebanon from either Israel or Hizbullah, but it reportedly came into effect at 4pm local time.

In a post on social media, the IDF said it launched more than 150 strikes in Lebanon since midnight. – The Guardian

‘No urgency’ for Tehran to meet with US

The Iranian foreign ministry has said there is “no urgency” to meet US negotiators in Switzerland, as a memorandum of understanding to end the Middle East war had already been signed electronically.

“Given that the signing of the text of the MoU was done digitally on June 18, there is no urgency to hold the said meeting in Switzerland, but we are planning to hold a meeting in the coming days,” the ministry’s spokesman, Esmaeil Baqaei, said. – The Guardian

Senior Israeli official confirms Israel-Hizbullah ceasefire

A senior Israeli official told ‌Reuters on Friday that Israel ​and Hizbullah were in a ceasefire.

The ceasefire will last as long as ​Hizbullah does not attack ⁠Israel.

“Then we are ‌in ‌wartime,” the official said.

A senior US official previously told Reuters that Israel and Hizbullah had agreed ⁠to a ceasefire set to begin ‌at 4 pm local time ​on Friday. – Reuters

Hizbullah says the ceasefire in Lebanon is in effect

Hizbullah has implemented the ceasefire with Israel that was due to take effect from 4 pm today, two sources from the Iran-backed group told Reuters.

The news agency reported the sources saying: “As soon as we got word of the ceasefire, we applied it from our end.” Several other media outlets, including AP, AFP, and the Times of Israel, have cited sources confirming the ceasefire in Lebanon, which was reportedly mediated by Qatar, Iran and the US. – The Guardian!”