Al Jezeera is reporting that Israel government has reservations about some details of the agreement of the Israeli Lebanon cease-fire.

In other the geopolitical war news:

  • Germany's defense minister Pitorius says that Russia's war on Ukraine is no longer a regional conflict,
  • Russia Ukraine war has reached an international dimension

Gold continues its decline with the low price reaching $2624.60. That was just above its rising 200 hour moving average at $2623.26.

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Oil prices are also sharply lower with the price trading at $69.21 down $-1.92.