Zero Hedge
by Tyler Durden
Saturday, May 23, 2026 – 10:25 PM
Summary
Israel launches significant new attacks on the Gaza Strip just as word of a tentative US-Iran peace deal is driving international headlines.
Trump says an Iran peace agreement has been “largely negotiated” and will be announced “shortly,” with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz included among the deal’s key elements.
Mediators believe they are edging closer to a deal to extend the US ceasefire with Iran by 60 days
Waiting game in Tehran, via Iran Foreign Ministry: “We need to wait and see what happens over the next three to four days.”
Trump, officials have canceled prior travel plans: Trump says “Circumstances pertaining to Government” are keeping him from attending his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding this weekend.
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