India, Sept. 5 -- Israel has released four more Lebanese civilians who had been detained by its forces in southern Lebanon. Ship traffic remains low on the Strait of Hormuz days after the US and Iran exchanged attacks for the first time in a month. And fighting has intensified in Yemen between Iran-backed rebels and Government forces.

Israel on Thursday said it had agreed to release them after Lebanon provided assistance in searching for the bodies of Lebanese Jewish leaders who went missing in the 1980s during Lebanon's civil war.

Officials said the release comes as a result of US mediation and negotiations between Israel and Lebanon. Another round of talks is expected in Rome later this month. Ship traffic on the Strait of Hormuz rema...