Iran and the United States have agreed to a two-week ceasefire late on Tuesday night, just an hour before Donald Trump’s ultimatum was set to expire, in which he threatened to destroy Iran. Pakistan appreciates “the restraint shown by all parties” ahead of planned discussions in Islamabad between the United States and Iran, said the Pakistani Prime Minister and the chief of the army on Thursday, April 9. “The two leaders expressed satisfaction with the de-escalation achieved so far and emphasized the need for all parties to maintain peace and the ceasefire,” said the office of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after his meeting with Marshal Asim Munir. After five weeks of war in the Middle East, the ceasefire, now in its second day, seemed to bring some calm, with no bombings reported in Iran or the Gulf.
An “ongoing aggression of Israel against Lebanon” However, Israel stated that Lebanon was not included in this agreement, intensifying its attacks against Hezbollah. On Wednesday, simultaneous Israeli strikes carried out without warning hit the heart of Beirut and several other regions of Lebanon, resulting in 203 deaths and a thousand injuries, according to a preliminary official tally. Israel will strike the Iranian-backed Islamist Hezbollah movement “wherever necessary,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the strikes. Furthermore, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned “the ongoing aggression of Israel against Lebanon,” on the eve of talks planned between the United States and Iran in Islamabad.
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