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      <title>Oil prices rise more than 2% as Israel steps up incursion into Lebanon</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oil prices rose more than 2% in early trading on Monday after Israel ordered troops to move further into Lebanon ​in the battle with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, despite a ceasefire announced more ‌than six weeks ago.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;US crude futures rose $2.37 or 2.71% to $89.73 a barrel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Brent futures rose $2.16 or 2.37% to $93.28 a barrel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The stepped-up fighting, coming just after the US hosted Israeli-Lebanon peace talks in Washington on Friday, ​dimmed expectations that the US and Iran could soon announce an extension to their ceasefire agreement, ​which had driven Brent and WTI to settle down 1.8% and 1.7%, respectively, on ⁠Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Israel-Lebanon conflict has been the broadest spillover of the Iran war. It started on March 2 ​when Hezbollah began firing rockets and drones across the border into Israel to back its ally Iran.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;​The two sides reached a ceasefire in mid-April but have continued to trade fire.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would soon decide on a proposed deal to extend a ceasefire with Iran announced in early April, giving ​negotiators more time to seek a permanent end to the conflict and find a solution to ​the underlying dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Israel would be key to any such deal, and Iran has also said ‌repeatedly ⁠that Hezbollah must be included.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, concerns are rising about mines in the key oil and gas shipping lane, the Strait of Hormuz, IG analyst Tony Sycamore said in a note.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That could slow the process of reopening the strait and mean relief for the oil market comes more slowly, even after it is reopened.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Even if ​an agreement is reached, ⁠it won’t deliver a flood of supply,” Sycamore said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An Axios reporter said on X on Friday that Iran had dropped more mines in the strait earlier ​in the week, shortly after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said that attempts ​to lay ⁠more mines would be a violation of the ceasefire.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hormuz is a conduit for about a fifth of global oil and gas flows, and Iran has effectively closed it since the conflict began with US and ⁠Israeli strikes ​in February.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Concerns over supply outweighed lacklustre economic data from ​China over the weekend, which showed stalling factory activity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This added to concerns that the world’s second-largest economy is losing momentum, weighed down ​by a contraction in exports and cost pressures.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Oil prices rose more than 2% in early trading on Monday after Israel ordered troops to move further into Lebanon ​in the battle with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, despite a ceasefire announced more ‌than six weeks ago.</strong></p>
<p>US crude futures rose $2.37 or 2.71% to $89.73 a barrel.</p>
<p>Brent futures rose $2.16 or 2.37% to $93.28 a barrel.</p>
<p>The stepped-up fighting, coming just after the US hosted Israeli-Lebanon peace talks in Washington on Friday, ​dimmed expectations that the US and Iran could soon announce an extension to their ceasefire agreement, ​which had driven Brent and WTI to settle down 1.8% and 1.7%, respectively, on ⁠Friday.</p>
<p>The Israel-Lebanon conflict has been the broadest spillover of the Iran war. It started on March 2 ​when Hezbollah began firing rockets and drones across the border into Israel to back its ally Iran.</p>
<p>​The two sides reached a ceasefire in mid-April but have continued to trade fire.</p>
<p>US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would soon decide on a proposed deal to extend a ceasefire with Iran announced in early April, giving ​negotiators more time to seek a permanent end to the conflict and find a solution to ​the underlying dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.</p>
<p>Israel would be key to any such deal, and Iran has also said ‌repeatedly ⁠that Hezbollah must be included.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, concerns are rising about mines in the key oil and gas shipping lane, the Strait of Hormuz, IG analyst Tony Sycamore said in a note.</p>
<p>That could slow the process of reopening the strait and mean relief for the oil market comes more slowly, even after it is reopened.</p>
<p>“Even if ​an agreement is reached, ⁠it won’t deliver a flood of supply,” Sycamore said.</p>
<p>An Axios reporter said on X on Friday that Iran had dropped more mines in the strait earlier ​in the week, shortly after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said that attempts ​to lay ⁠more mines would be a violation of the ceasefire.</p>
<p>Hormuz is a conduit for about a fifth of global oil and gas flows, and Iran has effectively closed it since the conflict began with US and ⁠Israeli strikes ​in February.</p>
<p>Concerns over supply outweighed lacklustre economic data from ​China over the weekend, which showed stalling factory activity.</p>
<p>This added to concerns that the world’s second-largest economy is losing momentum, weighed down ​by a contraction in exports and cost pressures.</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:42:06 +0500</pubDate>
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