Israel agrees to US-Iran ceasefire, but not in Lebanon

US President Donald Trump with his allies in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (whitehouse.gov)

JAKARTA - The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel supports the US agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran over the next two weeks.

However, Israel insists the deal does not include Lebanon.

"Israel supports President Trump's decision to suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks on the condition that Iran immediately opens the strait and stops all attacks on the US, Israel, and countries in the region," said a statement from Netanyahu's office on Wednesday, April 8, quoted by CNN.

"The two-week ceasefire does not include Lebanon," the statement added.

Israel's statement contradicts what Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said who helped mediate a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran.

Sharif said that the US-Iran ceasefire agreement included Lebanon, which was the target of Israel's military expansion in early March 2026.

However, Trump when announcing that a US-Iran ceasefire agreement had occurred in his statement did not mention Lebanon.

Regarding this, the White House, which was asked for clarification, has not provided any information.