Israel has carried out several strikes on southern Lebanon since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a 10-day ceasefire starting 21:00 GMT in an effort to achieve peace. Netanyahu said the Israeli army would control a 10-kilometer-deep buffer zone in southern Lebanon and that he did not intend to comply with any of the demands of Hezbollah. ● On Friday, Lebanese news agency NNA reported that Israel struck a settlement in southern Lebanon, once again violating the ceasefire.

■ Hezbollah Official Vows Response to Israeli Ceasefire Violations (Sputnik)

۱- رئیس جمهور آمریکا در یک ساعت هفت ادعا مطرح کرد که هر هفت ادعا کذب است.
۲- با این دروغگویی‌ها در جنگ پیروز نشدند و حتما در مذاکره هم راه به جایی نخواهند برد.
۳- با ادامهٔ محاصره، تنگهٔ هرمز باز نخواهد ماند.

— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) April 17, 2026

1- The President of the United States made seven claims in a single hour, and all seven are false.
2- They did not win the war with these lies, and they certainly won't get [him] anywhere in negotiations either.
3- With the siege continuing, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open. (Translation DeepL)

■ Trump lied seven times in one hour – Iran’s top negotiator (RT)
■ Ghalibaf debunks Trump lies on Hormuz, agreement (04/18/26)

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf rejects US President Donald Trump’s claims on negotiations and Strait of Hormuz access. | US President Donald Trump made a series of false claims within a short period of time, all of which are untrue, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Saturday. ● In a post on X, Ghalibaf asserted that “with these lies, they did not win the war, and they will certainly not achieve any result in negotiations either.” ● Ghalibaf also stated that “as long as the blockade continues, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open,” noting that “transit through the Strait of Hormuz will take place according to the ‘specified route’ and with ‘Iran’s permission.’” [...] He further said that “media warfare and public opinion engineering are an important part of the war, and the Iranian people will not be affected by these methods. You can refer to the true and accurate news of the negotiations in the latest interview of the Foreign Ministry spokesperson.”

■ Strait of Hormuz 'no longer open', ships turn back; gunfire reported (Al Mayadeen)
■ Oil, gas prices plummet after Iran declares Hormuz reopening (The Cradle)
■ Trump on Iran ceasefire: ‘Maybe I won’t extend it’, waves bombing card (Al Mayadeen)
✅ War On Iran: – Trump Claims Victory, Lays Grounds To Resume Fighting (Moon of Alabama)
■ 'New order' in Strait of Hormuz: IRGC Navy mandates authorization for all vessels (04/17/26)

✅ US Blockade Was Planned (At Least) Weeks Ago, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Deployed Last Month in Place Just in Time to Implement it (Brian Berletic)

Caitlin Johnstone | The Number Of Dead Iranian Protesters Keeps Changing Because It's A Fictional Story | The most common pro-war talking point about Iran is that they massacred tens of thousands of protesters in January of this year — but what’s funny is that they never cite the same number. Because it’s a completely fictional story, they can just make up any number they want. ■ In online discourse with empire apologists these past few months I’ve been told that the number of dead protesters is thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand, sixty thousand, seventy thousand, eighty thousand, ninety thousand, and a hundred thousand. ■ They really do seem to just throw out whatever number feels believable in a given moment. I recently saw an exasperated Glenn Greenwald ask an interlocutor on Twitter, “How do you decide when to claim that Iran killed 30,000 protesters, or 45,000, or 70,000? Does it depend on the day of the week or lyrical flow or something else?”