Details reportedly being finalized; Iran threatens response if IDF keeps fighting Hezbollah, while Israeli and US officials say US-Iran deal doesn't include pullout from south Lebanon The post Israel-Lebanon talks said close to yielding lasting ceasefire deal appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Iran's top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected

Not even Israel has seen the highly secretive text of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding that ends the war the Jewish state has been a party to for more than three months, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.

Israel’s more focused fight against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon still has the power to disrupt U.S. efforts to resolve its war with Iran.

The mood in Israel was bleak after Donald Trump agreed to a deal with Iran to end the war “permanently and immediately on all fronts”.

The struggle has not ended,” a defiant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis. By Ephrat Livni Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a defiant address to Israelis, suggested on Monday that he did not feel bound by the newly reached cease-fire agreement between the United States and Iran.

Iran and Israel declare a halt to fighting as President Trump says both are seeking an "immediate ceasefire" after a major escalation in the 101-day war.

A newly established Jewish-Arab political party debuted Tuesday and is joining the crowded field vying to take down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition in Israel’s next election, slated for October.

The missile exchange marked a major escalation in the already tense region. But Israel and Iran both say they will stop attacking each other, with conditions.

Israel and Iran were firing missiles at each other Monday, endangering the shaky truce that's been in place as well as talks on a deal to end the fighting.

In a major push, the government is rushing to place temporary housing at about 60 empty sites in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before national elections this fall.

US President Donald Trump said that the agreement with Iran “is now complete” and announced an end to Washington’s naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.