Reactions in the Middle East to news of tentative deal between US and Iran

(15 Jun 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Israel-Lebanon border – 15 June 2026 1. Various of smoke rising behind homes in Lebanon as seen from Israel 2. Mid of smoke rising behind damaged Lebanese houses as seen from Israel 3. Mid of damaged houses 4. Various of smoke rising 5. Mid of vehicle driving near fence 6. Various of border wall 7. Mid of houses and damaged houses in Lebanon 8. Close of damaged house 9. UN watchtower 10. Various of empty chicken coops ASSOCIATED PRESS Israel-Lebanon border – 15 June 2026 ++PLEASE NOTE THIS MATERIAL WAS SHOT BY AN AP VIDEOGRAPHER. THE AP SUBMITTED THE MATERIAL TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY CENSOR, WHICH DID MAKE DELETIONS ++ 11. Various of armored personnel carriers ASSOCIATED PRESS Haifa, Israel – 15 June 2026 12. Pan of coastline 13. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) David Alterzon, Haifa resident: "I did not wake up well. This deal is good for the Americans, bad for the Jews in Israel. For the Jews in America it is good, for the Jews in Israel it is not good." 14. Wide of people at café 15. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) David Alterzon, Haifa resident: "The war meanwhile has been stopped, this gives Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran time to recover and reorganize. In another five or six years, we’ll be back to another round (of fighting)." 16. Mid of people at café 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Gross, Haifa resident: “I'm highly skeptical that it will really make peace in the Middle East, but let's hope. Better than bombs over Haifa and Tel Aviv.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Jerusalem – 15 June 2026 18. Exterior of people sitting in café 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Carmiel Frutkoff, Jerusalem resident: “I’m actually coming to this with very mixed feelings. I don't think the agreement is a good agreement and I think that trying to sign these kind of agreements with the bully of the neighborhood is not going to bring us long lasting peace and that's the negative side of it. On the more positive side, I'm very happy that we're going back to some form of normal and, you know, happy that I can like take my kids to kindergarten and not have to worry about what's going to happen.” 20. Mid of man sitting at café 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviv Tatarsky, Jerusalem resident: “First, it's a great relief. The real way to solve conflicts is through agreements. And here in Israel, we have been living for years under threats caused by the belligerence of our government. So I hope it is a lesson also for Israeli citizens that military force mainly creates problems.” 22. Man reading newspaper at café 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Koby Matza, Jerusalem resident: “I think this is the worst agreement ever. Great damage to Israel and to the world. A big, big damage. (U.S. President, Donald) Trump caused us very massive damage with this agreement. He should have continued the war, put down the regime, let the people there in Iran live in a somehow democratic country. Iran is a danger to the world and a danger to Israel.” 24. Wide of Matza at café STORYLINE: Some Israelis expressed skepticism Monday over an initial agreement between the United States and Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and further extend a shaky ceasefire in the Iran war. Details of the deal were not immediately released and Iran signaled implementation would not start until the signing, which key mediator Pakistan said would occur Friday in Switzerland. It could provide a way to end a war that killed thousands across the Middle East, including the top leaders of Iran's theocracy, and sparked a historic energy crisis. AP video shot by: Alon Bernstein, Shlomo Mor and Moshe Edri Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...