Israel supports US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but the ceasefire does not include Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday.
The premier's office said Israel backed the US move provided Tehran immediately opened the strait and stopped attacks against the United States, Israel and countries in the region.
The remarks came after Washington announced a two-week suspension of attacks against Iran as part of efforts to de-escalate the conflict and open a window for negotiations.
Israel also said it supported US efforts to ensure Iran no longer posed a nuclear, missile or "terror" threat to the US, Israel and Iran's Arab neighbors, adding that Washington had told Israel it was committed to achieving their shared goals in upcoming negotiations. Iran said on Wednesday negotiations with the US would begin on Friday, April 10 in Islamabad.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the United States and its allies had agreed to a ceasefire "everywhere including Lebanon", suggesting Israel had agreed to halt its invasion of its northern neighbor.”
Lebanon was drawn into the war after Iran-backed group Hezbollah launched rocket fire on Israel.
That attack sparked an Israeli invasion and air raids across Lebanon that have killed more than 1,500 people, according to authorities.
