RT News - April 17 2026 (09:00 MSK)

The Lebanese army says Israel has already breached the ceasefire with Hezbollah, less than 24 hours after it kicked in, while the IDF warns residents not to return to the south, despite thousands of Lebanese heading home to the region. Israel, for its part, is not ready to give up ground. Netanyahu says he's rejected Hezbollah's demands for the IDF to withdraw from Lebanon and stop its offensive. The US asserts it has the upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz - as a high-ranking Iranian diplomat insists it is Tehran that indeed controls the key waterway for the global energy trade.