Israel will not withdraw from southern Lebanon as part of US-Iran deal, source tells ‘Post’

Jun15

Israel will not withdraw from southern Lebanon as part of US-Iran deal, source tells ‘Post’

AMICHAI STEIN

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to address the US-Iran deal or the issue of Lebanon, which, according to Shairf, is included in the deal.

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, published April 13, 2026; illustrative. / (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)

Israel will not withdraw from southern Lebanon as part of the newly agreed to US-Iran deal despite Iranian demands, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to address the US-Iran deal or the issue of Lebanon, which, according to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s announcement, is included in the deal.

“Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” Sharif stated.

Israel struck in Beirut hours before US-Iran deal reached

Hours before the US-Iran deal was finalized on Sunday, Netanyahu and  Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF to target the Dahiyeh district of Beirut in response to Hezbollah fire toward Israeli territory.

Israeli soldiers are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon in northern Israel, June 8, 2026. (credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90)

“Israel will not tolerate fire directed at its territory,” the two said in a joint statement.

According to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, the IDF notified CENTCOM shortly before conducting the strike.

US President Donald Trump spoke to Netanyahu after the strikes, and publicly denounced them on social media.

“This morning’s attacks should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump added that, while Israel has the right to “defend itself against threats,” the threat it was defending itself against was “very small and meaningless.”

Shir Perets and Maya Zanger-Nadis contributed to this report.

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