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Israeli attacks in eastern Lebanon and near the southern city of Tire left eight dead, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported Thursday, while Israel confirmed the death of one of its soldiers in combat. Hezbollah had previously rejected a US-backed ceasefire plan agreed between the Lebanese and Israeli governments.

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This minute by minute has been closed. Below, the main news of this June 4 related to the war in the Middle East:

Trump says he doesn't need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium.

- US President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to obtain enriched uranium from that country.

Trump says he believes progress is being made on Lebanon issue

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he believed progress was being made between Israel and Lebanon and that Lebanon deserves peace.

Trump assures that he spoke with Hezbollah about the conflict in Lebanon

Oil prices fall after Trump expresses his refusal to resume war with Iran

The price of Texas intermediate oil (WTI) fell 3.1% this Thursday, to $93.04 per barrel, after it was learned that Donald Trump refused to resume the war against Iran. At the end of the session, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures contracts expiring in July fell $2.98 compared to the previous close.

Meanwhile, a barrel of Brent, the reference in Europe, for delivery in August, fell 2.84%, reaching 95.03 dollars, after the ceasefire agreed between Israel and Lebanon, which renewed optimism among investors about a near end to the conflict in the Middle East.

Report from Beirut: Hezbollah rejects direct Israel-Lebanon agreements

The number of Palestinians killed by Israel this Thursday rises to at least ten

Israeli attacks have killed at least ten Palestinians this Thursday, June 4, including five members of the same family, according to health officials in the enclave.

Doctors in Gaza reported that Israeli planes bombed four apartments before dawn, including the family's home, killing nine people and wounding at least 15.

Later, another airstrike killed one person and wounded several others near Wehda Street in Gaza City, medics reported, raising the day's death toll to at least ten.

Israel claims it hit senior Hamas commanders in attacks on Gaza

The Israeli Army indicates that during the early hours its forces launched attacks in the Gaza Strip, causing the death of senior commanders of the Hamas General Security Mechanism. Hassan Labad, deputy director of the General Security Mechanism, along with senior officials Asem Shabir, Abdullah Abu Kaloub and Mohammed Abu Marek, were killed in the attacks, the IDF said.

“Senior officials of the General Security Mechanism were eliminated to neutralize a threat, following their recent participation in attempts to rebuild the Hamas terrorist organization and in supporting its leadership to promote terrorist activities against the State of Israel and IDF troops,” the Army stated in a statement.

According to the military institution, the General Security Mechanism is a clandestine Hamas body responsible for the security of its senior officials, communications between them, the coordination of their meetings and their transfer between emergency locations.

The mechanism is also responsible for preparing intelligence reports, "which help the organization's senior management in decision-making and the execution of terrorist plans against the State of Israel," he adds.

What obstacles does the implementation of the announced ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon face?

Washington's announcement of the extension of a truce, until now purely nominal, between Israel and Lebanon was subject to one fact: that Hezbollah cease its retaliatory attacks against Israeli troops and completely abandon southern Lebanon. While Israel continues its attacks in that area, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun assured this Thursday, June 4, that the pact could come into force within 24 hours if it is approved by all the "internal" parties of the country. However, Hezbollah rejected an agreement that it called "capitulation."

Israeli Supreme Court overturns ban on ICRC visits to imprisoned Palestinians

Israel's Supreme Court ruled that Israel must allow visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Palestinian prisoners, ruling in favor of a petition against the ban imposed at the start of the Gaza war.

The ban on Red Cross visits to Palestinian detainees has restricted independent verification of their treatment, following reports of systematic abuse, starvation and denial of medical care to Palestinian prisoners.

"We take note of the court's decision and are ready to resume our visits to detainees in Israeli detention centres," said ICRC spokesman Patrick Griffiths.

The ruling, issued late Wednesday and covering those in Israeli prisons and military detention centers, followed a joint petition by several Israeli human rights organizations, including the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), to have that veto lifted.

IAEA urges Iran to cooperate fully and resume inspections of its nuclear program

The UN nuclear watchdog sent a report to member states on Thursday reiterating its call for Iran to urgently inform the body about the fate of its enriched uranium since its atomic facilities were bombed a year ago and allow full resumption of inspections.

"The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has stressed to Iran that it is essential and urgent to effectively implement the NPT Safeguards Agreement (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) and that Iran cannot suspend its implementation under any circumstances," says the confidential report to which the Reuters news agency had access.

Lower House approves limiting war powers in Iran: will Trump be forced to end the conflict?

The US House of Representatives dealt a significant political blow to President Donald Trump on Wednesday night by approving a resolution seeking to limit his ability to maintain Washington's offensive in Iran without express authorization from Congress. The vote, which could be approved in the Senate, reflects a growing political erosion of the conflict and shows that even sectors of the Republican Party are beginning to distance themselves from the White House strategy. Will the pronouncement in Congress have a reach on the ground? We figure it out.

Israeli army says suspicious aerial objects hit its soldiers' area in southern Lebanon

The military institution adds that no injuries have been reported.

Israel accuses Hezbollah of launching projectiles that killed a UN worker in Lebanon

"Hezbollah launched mortar shells that hit a UNIFIL position and caused the death of a UN staff member in southern Lebanon. During the night, Hezbollah launched several mortar shells that hit a UNIFIL position in the Dibbine area of ​​southern Lebanon, causing the death of a UN staff member and wounding two others," the Israeli Army said in a message posted on its social networks.

"The analysis of the trajectory of the projectiles clearly indicates that the attack was carried out by the terrorist organization Hezbollah," he adds.

Hezbollah affirms that it will not withdraw from southern Lebanon and rejects the truce plan with Israel, negotiated in the US.

The Shiite group rejected this Thursday, June 4, the ceasefire plan agreed to by the governments of Lebanon and Israel in talks mediated by the United States. Hezbollah's statement comes as Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon and affirms that it will not withdraw from the area.

The Defense Minister of the Jewish-majority state, Israel Katz, also announced that his Army operations will continue in southern Lebanon, despite the fact that a day earlier Washington announced that Beirut and Israel had agreed to implement a ceasefire conditional on Hezbollah, backed by Iran, ceasing fire and "evacuating" its fighters from the areas of southern Lebanon close to the border.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, whose Shiite group is not participating in the talks, called the negotiations "shameless" and said Washington's statement is "a roadmap for the annihilation of a part of the Lebanese people and the enslavement of the rest."

"As long as the occupation exists, the resistance will continue," he noted in a statement.

Hezbollah leader stresses that US announcement on a ceasefire is a "road map to eliminate part of the Lebanese people"

"As long as Israel is in Lebanon, the resistance will continue": Hezbollah leader

Hezbollah leader maintains that the group rejects any conditioning "between our presence and a ceasefire or Israel's withdrawal"

Hezbollah leader maintains that the group is only interested in a complete ceasefire and Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon

Hezbollah leader says negotiations between Israel and Lebanon are "shameless"

Hezbollah leader says northern Israel will not be safe as shelling of Lebanese villages continues

Hezbollah leader in Lebanon, Naim Qassem, declared on Thursday that as long as shelling of Lebanese villages continues and deaths occur, northern Israel will not be safe.

With AFP, Reuters, AP, EFE and local media

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