{"id":2923,"date":"2026-04-08T04:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:31:09","slug":"ceasefire-with-iran-doesnt-apply-to-lebanon-netanyahus-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=2923","title":{"rendered":"Ceasefire With Iran Doesn\u2019t Apply to Lebanon, Netanyahu\u2019s Office Says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office announced that Israel supports the United States\u2019 decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> However, the Israeli government emphasized that the ceasefire will not apply to Lebanon.In a statement on X on Wednesday, Netanyahu said Israel backed US President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to ensure that \u201cIran no longer poses a nuclear, missile, and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran\u2019s Arab neighbors, and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prime Minister\u2019s Office:<br><br>Israel supports President Trump&#39;s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks subject to Iran immediately opening the straits and stopping all attacks on the US, Israel and countries in the region.<\/p>&mdash; Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/2041714151374856232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the US had assured Israel of its commitment to achieving these goals in upcoming negotiations scheduled in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the truce between the US and Iran, Netanyahu clarified that the two-week ceasefire \u201cdoes not include Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This statement came shortly after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that the US, Iran, and their allies \u201chave agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere, including Lebanon and elsewhere,\u201d noting that the agreement was \u201ceffective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon became involved in the US and Israel\u2019s war on Iran on March 2, after Tehran-aligned Hezbollah launched attacks on Israel. Hezbollah claimed the attacks were in retaliation for Israel\u2019s killing of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war, February 28, and for Israel\u2019s near-daily violations of a ceasefire agreed to in Lebanon in November 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earlier ceasefire had been reached after more than a year of cross-border conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, following Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza that began in October 2023. According to Lebanese authorities, Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2 have killed over 1,500 people and displaced more than 1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The Israeli military has also launched an invasion of southern Lebanon, reportedly aiming to establish a buffer zone and seize additional territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office announced that Israel supports the United States\u2019 decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks. 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