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Hezbollah “wherever required”. On Saturday, days before Israel and Lebanon held rare, [high-level diplomatic talks](/news/2026/4/15/anger-in-lebanon-as-israel-launches-deadly-strikes-despite-diplomatic-drive) in the US, Netanyahu said Israel wanted long-term peace with Lebanon but on the condition
Netanyahu said the 10-day ceasefire with Lebanon offered an opportunity for a “historic peace agreement” with Beirut, but insisted that the disarmament of Hezbollah remained a condition
Netanyahu – while framing the ceasefire as "an opportunity to make a historic peace agreement with Lebanon" – also made clear that he was making few concessions on the ground. He said Hezbollah had insisted
Netanyahu said Israel was continuing diplomatic contacts with the Lebanese government in parallel with its military campaign against Hezbollah, framing both tracks as part of an effort to disarm the group and secure what
peace". Despite the agreement, Netanyahu said Israeli troops would maintain a 10km-deep (6.2 mile) "security zone" in southern Lebanon, saying: "We are there, and we are not leaving." He added that the buffer zone
conditions the US has rejected in the past. The plan requires: - The lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions on Iran. - Continued Iranian control over the strait of Hormuz. - US military withdrawal from the Middle
Netanyahu said in a video statement Wednesday, calling it "the capital of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon" and referencing it as the place where Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah called Israeli society a flimsy "spider
peace talks," Tahir Andrabi, a spokesperson for Pakistan's foreign ministry [told](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-iran-war-israel-lebanon-leaders-talks-ceasefire-trump-rcna332095) Reuters. Israel, however, continued operations in southern Lebanon Thursday, including an airstrike that destroyed the last bridge linking southern Lebanon