[Published: Thursday April 09 2026]
 Lebanon not included in the ceasefire, Israel PM
BEIRUT, 09 April. - (ANA) - Iran and Pakistan say the 14-day truce included Lebanon but Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House say it did not. Oil prices rose again amid the uncertainty.
President Donald Trump threatened to restart attacks against Iran, adding that all American military personnel would remain stationed around the region until the agreement is “fully complied with” and that “bigger, and better, and stronger” attacks would follow if it was breached.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister has called Israeli attacks on Lebanon a “grave violation” as Lebanon said over 250 people were killed in Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours with more than 1,000 wounded.
UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper condemned the “escalation” from Israel as “deeply damaging” and called for Lebanon to be “urgently included” in the agreement.
Israeli strikes ongoing in Lebanon as confusion surrounds ceasefire
Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, after its biggest attacks of the war killed more than 250 people yesterday and threatened to torpedo the truce from the outset.
Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs just before midnight and at dawn, and hit towns across the south on Thursday morning, Lebanese state media said.
The IDF said it had killed the nephew of Hezbollah's Secretary-General Naim Qassem, and had struck river crossings overnight.
Hezbollah said it was resuming attacks the other way on Thursday morning and had fired once across the border and twice at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. - (ANA) -
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