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Netanyahu Says Israel Backs Two-Week Iran Ceasefire
(MENAFN) Israel has thrown its support behind President Donald Trump's decision to pause military operations against Iran, with one significant carve-out: the ceasefire will not extend to Lebanon.
"Israel supports President Trump'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," the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday via X.
The statement came after Trump declared Tuesday that he had agreed "to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks" — a move that drew swift international reaction.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, credited as a key architect of the truce, announced on X that he had invited both Iranian and American delegations to Islamabad on Friday. Sharif confirmed that Washington and Tehran, together with their respective allies, had consented to an immediate ceasefire spanning all active conflict zones — including Lebanon.
Netanyahu's office, however, moved quickly to draw a hard line, clarifying that the two-week ceasefire "does not include Lebanon."
Israel also used the moment to reaffirm its broader strategic objectives, stating it "supports the US effort to ensure that Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran's Arab neighbors and the world."
On the ground, the situation in Lebanon remains dire. Israeli forces have sustained both airstrikes and a ground offensive in the country's south since a cross-border Hezbollah assault on March 2 — a campaign that has continued despite a ceasefire that came into effect in November 2024. According to the Health Ministry, the death toll from Israeli strikes since March 2 has climbed to 1,497, with a further 4,639 people wounded.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, has launched sustained rocket barrages into Israel since early March, framing the attacks as retaliation for continued Israeli operations in Lebanon and the death of Iran's then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on February 28.
"Israel supports President Trump'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," the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday via X.
The statement came after Trump declared Tuesday that he had agreed "to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks" — a move that drew swift international reaction.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, credited as a key architect of the truce, announced on X that he had invited both Iranian and American delegations to Islamabad on Friday. Sharif confirmed that Washington and Tehran, together with their respective allies, had consented to an immediate ceasefire spanning all active conflict zones — including Lebanon.
Netanyahu's office, however, moved quickly to draw a hard line, clarifying that the two-week ceasefire "does not include Lebanon."
Israel also used the moment to reaffirm its broader strategic objectives, stating it "supports the US effort to ensure that Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran's Arab neighbors and the world."
On the ground, the situation in Lebanon remains dire. Israeli forces have sustained both airstrikes and a ground offensive in the country's south since a cross-border Hezbollah assault on March 2 — a campaign that has continued despite a ceasefire that came into effect in November 2024. According to the Health Ministry, the death toll from Israeli strikes since March 2 has climbed to 1,497, with a further 4,639 people wounded.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, has launched sustained rocket barrages into Israel since early March, framing the attacks as retaliation for continued Israeli operations in Lebanon and the death of Iran's then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on February 28.
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