June 9, 2026 9:40 AM
Iran and Israel say they have halted strikes on each other for now
Iran and Israel said on Monday they had halted attacks on each other after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump, though Tehran warned it would resume hostilities if Israel continued to hit Hezbollah in Lebanon. The most direct confrontation between the two countries since April threatened to wreck Washington's efforts to reach an agreement with Tehran to end their more than three-month-old war. Oil prices rose as much as 5% after the flurry of attacks, then fell when Iran's military said...