Israel and Hezbollah Truce Gives Oil Markets a Reason to Pause

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Israel and Hezbollah agreed on a truce to halt fighting in southern Lebanon, easing tensions that threatened the fragile U.S.-Iran peace process. This ceasefire reduces risks to key energy markets and could facilitate reopening of the vital Strait of Hormuz for oil shipments.

The Middle East's latest peace deal just got a peace deal of its own. Israel and Hezbollah agreed Friday to halt fighting in southern Lebanon after days of escalating clashes threatened to derail the fragile US-Iran peace process, reducing the risk that the first major test of the U.S.-Iran agreement would turn into its first major failure. Negotiations between Washington and Tehran are supposed to begin under a 60-day framework agreement designed to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and eventually restore millions of barrels per day of…