Israel supports U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but the cease-fire does not include Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday.
The prime minister's office said Israel backed the U.S. move provided Tehran immediately opened the strait and stopped attacks against the United States, Israel, and countries in the region.
The remarks came after Washington announced a two-week suspension of attacks against Iran as part of efforts to de-escalate the conflict and open a window for negotiations.
Israel also said it supported U.S. efforts to ensure Iran no longer posed a nuclear, missile or "terror" threat to the United States, Israel, and Iran's Arab neighbors, adding that Washington had told Israel it was committed to achieving their shared goals in upcoming negotiations.
Iran said on Wednesday negotiations with the United States would begin on Friday, April 10 in Islamabad.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped mediate the deal, said in a post on X that the agreement included a cessation of Israel's campaign in Lebanon.
The Israeli offensive in Lebanon has killed at least 1,500 people and displaced 1.2 million others. Lebanon was pulled into the war in the Middle East when the Hezbollah terrorist group fired rockets at Israel in solidarity with Tehran, two days after Iran was attacked by Israel and the United States. Hezbollah's attack prompted a new Israeli ground and air offensive.