Tyler Kendall

This White House still maintains that any discussions about Hezbollah and Israel's separate front in Lebanon was not part of any ceasefire agreement.

However, in a sign that there was this mounting pressure that it could be a roadblock, NBC News reported earlier today that President Trump had called Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday and asked him to scale back the strikes.

This White House still maintains that any discussions about Hezbollah and Israel's separate front in Lebanon was not part of any ceasefire agreement.

However, in a sign that there was this mounting pressure that it could be a roadblock, NBC News reported earlier today that President Trump had called Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday and asked him to scale back the strikes.

And we're back on Thin Ice.

Yeah.

Hey, Caroline.

Well, at this point, this White House maintains that diplomatic efforts are indeed continuing, confirming that the U.S.

and Iran will hold direct talks this weekend, led by Vice President J.D.

Vance.

And reporting from the region does indicate that Iran's attacks against

Gulf energy sites have eased, but still, at this point, the ceasefire is considered to be very tenuous, and that is in part because Iran is mandating that a tax stop in Lebanon in order for this two-week truce to take place.

But still, the U.S.

maintains that Israel's separate front against the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah was never part of a ceasefire, and President Trump is downplaying the potential

that this could be a major roadblock to the discussions as Israel actually a few hours ago issued a new wave of evacuation warnings in Lebanon signaling the potential that we could still see some more strikes there.

President Trump in a post overnight did say that the U.S.

military remains ready to resume operations if needed and he highlighted the importance

of reopening the Strait of Hormuz because I'm sure as you saw, Iranian state media is now reporting that any vessel that wants to transit through the strait has to liaise with the Iranian military.

Plus, we also heard that they have now opened up these designated passages in a bid to make sure that vessels do not hit any potential mines that may be in the strait.

Ed and Caroline, we heard earlier today from the head of the UAE's biggest oil producer who said, quote, conditional passage does not constitute real passage.