Netanyahu Gives 2 Conditions If Lebanon - Israel Want Peace

US Vice President JD Vance met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog to discuss the Middle East peace deal initiated by US President Trump in October 2025. (Instagram @vp)

JAKARTA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel wants a 'permanent peace deal' with Lebanon with two conditions.

Netanyahu in a video statement uploaded on his X account on Sunday, April 12, claimed that Lebanon had contacted Israel several times over the past month to start direct negotiations.

"Lebanon has contacted us. In the past month, they have contacted us several times to start direct peace talks," Netanyahu said in a video, quoted by Xianhua.

However, Netanyahu stressed that the deal must guarantee Israel's long-term security.

Netanyahu then argued that Iran and its military proxies had taken actions to destroy Israel.

Therefore, he said, Israel will continue its military operations to disarm Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based military group fighting against aggression in its territory and Palestinian independence.

"I agree to this, with two conditions: we want to achieve the disarmament of Hezbollah, and we want a true peace agreement that will last for generations," Netanyahu said.

Since Israel launched its military expansion operation in Lebanon on March 2, 2026, a total of 1,953 people in Lebanon have been killed as of Saturday, April 12.