Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East.
Here are the key developments this morning:
• Iranian and American officials are reportedly heading to Switzerland for the first round of negotiations since signing an MOU to permanently end the war. Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, Qatar’s prime minister Mohammed bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Thani, and Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will attend the talks, according to Axios.
• Iran had postponed Friday’s planned talks after Israel continued to press its offensive in Lebanon, in violation of the MOU.
• Sporadic clashes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah have continued in the hours since the US and Qatar brokered a ceasefire. Five people were killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes in the south while artillery fire was reported around Nabatieh.
• At least five people have been killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City.
