Israeli prime minister\u2019s office welcomes US decision to suspend attacks on Iran, but says the two-week truce does not apply to Lebanon.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Published On 8 Apr 2026<\/span>8 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office has announced that it backs the United States\u2019s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but said the truce \u201cdoes not include Lebanon\u201d.<\/p>\n In a statement on X on Wednesday, Netanyahu said Israel supported US President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to ensure \u201cIran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran\u2019s Arab neighbors and the world\u201d.<\/p>\n He said the US has told Israel that it is committed to achieving these goals in the upcoming negotiations in Pakistan\u2019s Islamabad on Friday.<\/p>\n But the two-week ceasefire \u201cdoes not include Lebanon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Netanyahu\u2019s statement comes 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.<\/p>\n Sharif said the move was \u201ceffective immediately\u201d.<\/p>\n More soon\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80)
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