Kat Lonsdorff

It's confusing to talk about a ceasefire while so much firing is happening.

But diplomatically, the ceasefire agreement is still holding.

Since the temporary ceasefire came into effect nearly two weeks ago, there haven't been any strikes in Beirut, although the buzz of Israeli surveillance drones overhead is still a constant.

But elsewhere in the country, attacks have been ramping up from both sides.

Especially in the south, people say it really doesn't feel like a ceasefire, as many have had to re-evacuate their homes.

The talks between the U.S.

and Iran, which have largely stagnated, are very connected to the situation here in Lebanon.

And with those talks stalled, there's less pressure to keep this ceasefire holding.

Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Beirut.

The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for a part of southern Lebanon beyond the area currently occupied by Israeli troops, warning of upcoming strikes.

Israeli strikes in the south have killed more than 20 people since the ceasefire went into effect, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Hezbollah says it attacked Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into northern Israel in response to what it says are Israeli violations of the ceasefire.

Many in Lebanon are closely watching the status of the U.S.-Iran peace talks, which were largely canceled yesterday, worried that if those talks fall apart, the war here will reignite again in full.

Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Beirut.

U.S.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner were supposed to travel to Islamabad.

Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arachi, left Pakistan earlier today after Iranian officials made it clear they only plan to meet with Pakistani officials, not with the U.S.

Iran has dismissed Trump's unilateral extension of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire as, quote, meaningless, saying the continued U.S.

blockade on Iranian ports is in violation of that agreement.

The U.S.