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JERUSALEM, Israel\u00a0\u2013 The U.S. and Iran could be closing in on a deal to end the war as President Trump delivers another ultimatum. Israel has also delivered a major military strike against terrorism in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
The world could learn in the coming hours\u00a0if Iran agrees\u00a0to end the war.<\/p>\n
The president stated on Wednesday, “They want to make a deal. We’ve had very good talks over the last 24 hours, and it’s very possible that we’ll make a deal.”<\/p>\n
Trump told\u00a0Fox News<\/em>\u00a0that he’s “cautiously optimistic” that U.S. and Iranian leaders could agree to a framework to surrender Tehran’s uranium, lift U.S. sanctions, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, he also issued a one-week ultimatum, posting on\u00a0X\u00a0<\/em>that “if they don’t agree, the bombing starts.”<\/p>\n He cautioned, “We’ve had some good talks before, as you know. And all of a sudden, the next day, they’re like,\u00a0they forgot what happened.”<\/p>\n NBC News\u00a0<\/em>reported that Trump’s sudden cancellation of an administration plan to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz came as a result of Saudi Arabia suspending U.S. military access in its country. According to the report, Trump angered and surprised some Gulf allies when he announced Project Freedom on social media.<\/p>\n ***Please sign up for\u00a0CBN Newsletters\u00a0and download the\u00a0CBN News app\u00a0to ensure you\u00a0receive the latest news from a Christian perspective.***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In Israel, as a new poll shows most citizens believe ending the war with Iran now contradicts their security interests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is in lock-step with U.S. efforts in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n Netanyahu convened his Security Cabinet late on Wednesday, announcing the first strike on Beirut in more than a month.<\/p>\n “We maintain\u00a0continuous contact with our friends in the United States,” Netanyahu declared.\u00a0“I speak with President Trump almost on a daily basis.”<\/p>\n The Israel Defense Forces reported that the strike eliminated the commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, which the IDF says was behind the ongoing attacks in northern Israel.<\/p>\n “This is my instruction to the IDF and our security forces: Israel is stronger than ever. Iran and its proxies are weaker than ever,” Netanyahu insisted.<\/p>\n Economically, the new developments out of the Middle East resulted in shrinking oil prices and a surging gap in the S & P 500 stocks.<\/p>\n The New York Times <\/em>also reported that Iran is cutting their oil production due to shortages caused by the U.S. blockade.<\/p>\n In Iran, the regime carried out more executions. Two prisoners charged with being Israeli spies were hanged, and another\u00a0was killed over the weekend. According to The Jerusalem Post, <\/em>all three were forced to confess to crimes they didn’t commit, including “espionage for the Zionist Regime.”<\/p>\n The three shared stories of torture, and none of their families were notified despite an\u00a0Iranian law that guarantees a final visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JERUSALEM, Israel\u00a0\u2013 The U.S. and Iran could be closing in on a deal to end the war as President Trump delivers another ultimatum. Israel has also delivered a major military strike against terrorism in Lebanon. The world could learn in the coming hours\u00a0if Iran agrees\u00a0to end the war. The president stated on Wednesday, “They want<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[8457,1997,819,1515,3825,168,9337,171,1100,174,6189],"class_list":{"0":"post-28259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jesus","8":"tag-cautiously","9":"tag-deal","10":"tag-delivers","11":"tag-hezbollah","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-optimistic","15":"tag-strikes","16":"tag-targets","17":"tag-trump","18":"tag-ultimatum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}