Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "There's no ceasefire in Lebanon," and that Israel will continue striking the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. However, Netanyahu authorized direct talks with Lebanon starting next week in Washington, D.C. Ed O'Keefe reports.
Trump's request came as the US prepares to meet with Iranian leaders in Pakistan to negotiate an end to the war.
Israeli PM gives no indication bombing will stop after strikes that killed more than 200 people led to global outcryMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has called for negotiations with Lebanon after worldwide condemnation of Israel’s intense bombardment of Beirut and other Lebanese cities, which threatened to undo the US-Iran ceasefire…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly convinced President Donald Trump not to include Lebanon in the United States’s ceasefire deal with Iran—even though the U.S. agreed to stop the bombing there. Trump was initially told that the ceasefire would apply to the entire Middle East region, including Lebanon, multiple diplomatic sources told CBS…
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has instructed his cabinet to launch direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible.However, an Israeli official told Axios that Israel would not observe a ceasefire in Lebanon. Why it matters: Netanyahu's statement follows calls on Wednesday with President Trump and White House envoy…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to hold talks with Lebanon but vowed to keep fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israel Defense Forces carried out fewer strikes in the country on Thursday. Bloomberg’s Dan Williams reports.
President Trump on Thursday confirmed he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back on a barrage of strikes Israel is conducting in Lebanon, as that operation stands to threaten a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Iran has indicated that a two-week ceasefire agreement reached Tuesday with the U.S. includes the halting…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel will begin negotiations with the government of Lebanon after the war’s deadliest waves of strikes against Hezbollah. After the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, Jerusalem turned its attention to its longtime enemy, Hezbollah, in Lebanon. It launched its…
President Trump has asked that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scale back the strikes in Lebanon that are threatening to undo the fragile cease-fire with Iran.
