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After a three-way call on 10 April, Beirut and Jerusalem agreed to dispatch their U.S. ambassadors for direct negotiations at the State Department on 14 April, a sharp pivot from weeks of escalation even as Israel insists any ceasefire will exclude Hezbollah.
On 14 Apr 2026 Beijing publicly condemned Washington’s new naval blockade that began the previous day in the Strait of Hormuz, branding it “dangerous and irresponsible” and hinting at retaliation if linked tariffs follow.
On 12 April 2026, Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter used a CBS interview to deny that Prime Minister Netanyahu persuaded President Trump to attack Iran, hours before Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz.
Putin’s 9 Apr 2026 order for Russian forces to halt fire from 16:00 11 Apr through Easter Sunday—matched by Kyiv—unravelled the same day as both armies traded hundreds of drone, missile and artillery strikes while blaming each other.
On 12 Apr 2026 CENTCOM announced two U.S. destroyers had crossed the closed Strait of Hormuz to start mine-clearing—the first attempted transit since the six-week war—but Iran immediately denied the ships entered and said it forced one to turn back, turning the waterway into a battle of narratives during stalled Islamabad cease-fire talks.
Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel agreed for the first time to start formal negotiations with Lebanon at the State Department on 14 Apr 2026, but simultaneously declared that any halt in its campaign against Hezbollah is off-limits.
After two weeks of relative calm, the first face-to-face U.S.–Iran negotiations in Islamabad on 10-12 April 2026 broke up after 21 hours with Vice President JD Vance announcing “no deal” and the delegation leaving Pakistan.
On 9 Apr 2026, after the deadliest Israeli raids of the war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his cabinet to begin direct negotiations with Lebanon within days—without first agreeing to a cease-fire—aiming to dismantle Hezbollah and sign a full peace treaty.
On 7 April 2026, after forty days of war, Washington and Tehran accepted a Pakistani-mediated 14-day truce, but issued conflicting statements within hours over whether Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz are covered, putting the pause in immediate jeopardy.
For the first time in nearly a year, both sides have agreed to suspend all attacks for a fixed 32-hour window over the 2026 Orthodox Easter weekend, ending weeks of Kremlin refusals to match Kyiv’s holiday-truce requests.
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