Middle East conflict live updates: Iran says Trump plotting new escalation in war as US seizes Iranian ship

A man searches in the rubble of his destroyed house as displaced residents return to the southern Lebanese village of Srifa on April 19, 2026. Photo / Kawnat Haju, AFP

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