Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, US president Donald Trump said he would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz completely. His statement came after Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that he has informed his Turkish, Pakistani and Saudi counterparts that the Islamic Republic will act "decisively" in the event of any further US "aggression".

Meanwhile, Israeli forces detained three young Palestinian men during a raid on the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

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