Donald Trump abruptly cancelled planned US-Israeli strikes on Iran on August 2, claiming "parameters of a deal" were agreed to. The move—announced just hours after the US State Department issued Middle East travel alerts—marks the most dramatic pivot in the five-month conflict, with the US still "locked and loaded" but holding fire on condition of a rapid agreement.

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