Netanyahu Excludes Lebanon from 'Two-Week Truce' Amid Conflicting Interpretations of US-Iran Agreement

Israeli occupation government head, Benjamin Netanyahu, in his first official comment, announced his support for US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend military attacks against Iran for two weeks. However, Netanyahu stressed that this commitment does not extend to the Lebanese front, asserting that military operations there will continue regardless of understandings related to the Iranian file.\n\nNetanyahu's stance comes amid a state of diplomatic conflict, as Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had announced via the 'X' platform that the agreement reached between Washington and Tehran includes an immediate ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon. This discrepancy reflects a deep gap in the interpretation of the agreement's terms and its geographical scope among the concerned parties.\n\nInformed sources reported that the current Israeli position seeks to play a disruptive role towards the truce imposed against Tel Aviv's wishes. Israeli estimates had banked on the collapse of negotiations, as the occupation army had prepared a wide target bank within Iranian territory and was awaiting a green light from Washington to carry out extensive airstrikes.\n\nField data indicates that Israel is trying to separate the Iranian and Lebanese tracks, under the pretext that the threat posed by Hezbollah can only be ended through continuous military pressure. Political circles in Tel Aviv claim that they will not allow the war in the north to stop without achieving the goal of disarming Hezbollah and securing the return of settlers.\n\nIn contrast, recent Israeli military briefings revealed implicit acknowledgments of the difficulty of achieving the declared goals in Lebanon through armed force alone. These reports clarified that disarming Hezbollah would require a full occupation of Lebanese territory and an invasion of every village, which is costly and complex, ultimately favoring diplomatic solutions.\n\nFor his part, political analysts explained that the absence of a literal and final text of the US-Iranian agreement opens the door to these contradictions in international positions. Observers believe that the initiative led by Trump may be based on initial points of understanding, but it has not yet settled the details related to the supporting fronts that Tehran insists on including in the truce.\n\nThe Islamic Republic of Iran insists on the necessity of including the Lebanese front in any de-escalation agreement, considering that regional stability is indivisible. At the same time, Israel finds itself in a field predicament, as ground and air operations have not achieved the desired results, but have led to significant attrition among its forces and a complete paralysis in the Galilee regions.\n\nReports indicate that the ongoing Israeli aggression has caused the displacement of nearly one million Lebanese citizens and inflicted massive destruction on infrastructure, but it has failed to stop the rocket barrages targeting Israeli depth. This field failure has begun to change the tone of internal discourse within the occupation, as warnings of sinking into a new "quagmire" have escalated.\n\nSerious fears prevail within the Israeli security establishment of engaging in a long-term war of attrition with no political horizon. Military readings confirm that the tactics of fighters in their rugged geographical environment give them a high ability to cause disturbing and painful effects to the occupation army, no matter how intense the firepower used against them.\n\nIn conclusion, the scene remains suspended between Washington's desire to impose a temporary de-escalation and Netanyahu's insistence on continuing escalation in Lebanon to escape political obligations. International circles await what the coming days will reveal regarding the terms of the agreement and the ability of the parties to compel Israel to stop its comprehensive aggression.\n\nThe ceasefire decision does not include Lebanon, and the proposed de-escalation is limited to specific fronts without extending to the Lebanese arena.