After Iran's threat, the United States conveyed a message to Israel urging a total halt to any activity in Lebanon and to absorb incidents as much as possible so as not to jeopardize the emerging agreement. According to a single report, Prime Minister Netanyahu accepted the request.
A single report citing Israeli political sources indicates that the United States has delivered a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging Israel to completely refrain from any military activity in Lebanon and to absorb operational incidents with restraint. The message is framed as necessary to preserve an emerging diplomatic agreement, the details of which remain unspecified. The report further states that Netanyahu accepted the U.S. request.
The U.S. message follows an Iranian threat and comes amid a series of U.S.-Iran diplomatic exchanges that The Zioneer has previously covered. Over the past week, Washington also sent Iran a message warning that it could not restrain Israel if Iran attacked, and separately conveyed with Israel a message offering restraint in exchange for Iranian de-escalation. An Iranian source previously warned Israel to halt Lebanon operations by morning. The White House has circulated a message stating that the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding ends fighting, including in Lebanon.
The emerging agreement cited in the new report has not been publicly detailed by either Washington or Jerusalem, and the single-source nature of the report limits its corroboration at this stage.
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