The Middle East looked like it was settling into an uneasy ceasefire built on the assumption that nobody would benefit from a return to full-scale war.

US President Trump is weakened by Israel's defiance and the chaotic tension in the Middle East - but the shooting has stopped amid fears the region is still just one missile away from war

Tehran has sought a halt to Israeli operations inside Lebanon as part of its peace negotiations with Washington.

Iran has fired missiles at Israel, marking the first such attack in two months since a ceasefire. The truce in the Iran war hasn't extended to Lebanon, where Israel is battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants.

Israel has been eavesdropping on Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s chief negotiator, Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s top policy official, and Michael DiMino, a senior Middle East policy adviser, intelligence officials claimed.

The latest sign that ending the conflict will be messy and take longer than expected came on Sunday, when Iran and Israel resumed fighting.

An urgent phone call between United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brought a fragile reprieve to fighting in the Middle East.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said ⁠on ⁠Monday that they would ⁠ban Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, adding ​to challenges for global shipping through the Middle East during the Iran war. The ‌group said in a statement ‌it had launched an attack on Israel and enacted a total ⁠ban on ⁠Israeli shipping in the Red Sea,