Tehran insists the American plan amounted to surrender and is demanding guarantees against future attacks, while tensions continue to spill across the region. Israeli strikes in Lebanon are intensifying, oil prices are climbing sharply again and concerns are growing over the security of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz

Interceptor missiles launched from Kiryat Shmona after drone alert Israeli Channel 12 reported that two interceptor missiles were launched from Kiryat Shmona towards southern Lebanon after a suspicious aerial target was detected near the border area

Iranian official says response based on regional consultations An Iranian official said Tehrans response to the American proposal to end the war was realistic and positive and focused on ending the conflict across the region, particularly in Lebanon, while resolving disputes with the United States, Al Jazeera reported

Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, The fragile ceasefire between Iran and the US is still holding, but tensions remain dangerously high across the region. Irans Revolutionary Guard has warned Washington against interfering with Iranian commercial shipping, while Israeli attacks across Lebanon continue to kill civilians and fuel fears of wider escalation

Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade fire despite a ceasefire deal being announced last month.

In Damascus, Lebanese prime minister and Syrian president discuss issues including security, transport and energy.

Syrian president discusses security with Lebanon PM Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met in Damascus on Saturday to strengthen ties established since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad

A confidential CIA analysis reported by the Washington Post predicts that Iran is able tooutlast the US naval blockade on Hormuz for at least three to four months.Sources familiar with the document said Tehran possesses significant military capabilities despite intense bombardment of its sites during the war. Israel's wave of attacks on Thursday killed at least 12 people, including two children and a paramedic, in southern Lebanon, the Ministry of Health reported.This raises the overall death toll since the start of March to 2,727, with 8,438 others left wounded

The BBCs Nawal Al-Maghafi has been piecing together what happened on 8 April 2026, after one of the deadliest chapters in the countrys recent history.

The bombs started falling at 14:15 in the afternoon - bringing chaos and destruction across the country

Israel intensifies airstrikes

The health ministry says 77 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon since Thursday.

Resolving the conflict in Lebanon necessitates taking into account its long history and new geopolitical realities.

Footage shows rescuers clearing destroyed homes in southern Lebanon Video footage shows rescuers clearing the rubble of destroyed homes in the southern Lebanese town of Habboush on Saturday following deadly Israeli strikes

It includes demands for guarantees against future attacks, a withdrawal of United States forces from around Iran, the release of frozen assets, lifting sanctions and war reparations. The proposal also calls for ending hostilities across the region, including in Lebanon, and creating a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz

The Iranian plan includes security guarantees, a withdrawal of US forces from areas near Iran, and the lifting of the naval blockade. It also calls for the release of frozen Iranian assets, the removal of sanctions, and an end to the conflict on all fronts, including in Lebanon, according to the report

Chronic patients neglected in Lebanon as war strains healthcare, MSF doctor says A doctor with Medecins Sans Frontieres has warned that patients with chronic illnesses in southern Lebanon are going without treatment as hospitals divert resources to cope with mass displacement caused by Israeli attacks

At least 41 people killed as Israel launches 50 airstrikes on southern Lebanon in 24 hours.

Four women and a child are among the dead, as fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continues despite a ceasefire.