Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump says the U.S. Navy forcibly seized an Iranian-flagged ship,

firing on it after it tried to pass the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran late last week again

closed the straits, saying it wouldn't reopen it until Trump ended the U.S. blockade.

Meanwhile, Trump says he's sending a U.S. delegation back to Islamabad for peace talks with Iran,

though Iran hasn't said it would attend.

A White House official says on background that includes Vice President Vance, Steve Wickoff,

and Trump's son-in-law, Jerry Kushner.

And Trump is again threatening to attack Iranian power plants and bridges

if Tehran doesn't agree to U.S. terms for ending the war. U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Mike Walst defended

that threat. I don't think anyone can say President Trump isn't putting diplomacy first. Of course,

that is backed by significant, very real and very capable military power.

Speaking there on ABCs this week, Israeli troops remain active in southern Lebanon as the ceasefire holds.

And Pierce Daniel Estrin has more.

Israel says its troops remain inside Lebanon up to six miles deep from the Israeli border.

Israel calls it a security zone to act against threats

to northern Israel. The Israeli military published a graphic showing the approximate area where

five military divisions, tens of thousands of soldiers, are destroying infrastructure Israel

says is connected to the Hezbollah militia. Israel is prohibiting displaced Lebanese civilians

from returning to dozens of villages in the area Israel is occupying. During the ceasefire,

two Israeli soldiers in Lebanon were killed by previously planted explosives. And Israel says

Hezbollah killed a French UN peacekeeper clearing unexploded ordinance in Lebanon.

Daniel Estrin NPR News, Tel Aviv.

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