Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s top diplomat, said Tuesday that the ceasefire deal between the United States and Tehran hinges on whether Israel continues to attack Lebanon because that war has become “connected to the war with Iran, and the two fronts became intertwined and dependent on one another.”
Israel killed at least 72,988 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023, and more than 173,200 people have been injured.
Abbas Aragchi, Iran’s top diplomat, said any deal between the U.S and Tehran to end the war must include Israel agreeing to withdraw IDF troops out of Lebanon that have been occupying.
Iran on Sunday made good on its promise to defend Lebanon if Tel Aviv continued to carry out airstrikes on the country and launched a ballistic missile barrage towards Israel after the IDF struck Dahiyeh, a Beirut suburb, which resulted in at least two deaths.
Israel carried out new airstrikes and enforced new evacuation orders in southern Lebanon on Friday, just a day after the U.S. announced a cease-fire between Tel Aviv and Beirut, which had been rejected by Hezbollah over Israeli violations.
Israel has killed at least 72,942 people since the start of the genocidal war in Gaza in October 2023.
Israel carried out airstrikes on Beirut Thursday as the IDF appeared intent on expanding its target list inside Lebanon, despite a so-called ceasefire that has been in place since April.
The IDF on Sunday captured the Beaufort Castle, just outside the southern Lebanon city of Nabatiyeh, as Israeli forces moved deeper into the country than at any point in the last 25 years, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a wider war.
The IDF has killed at least 72,803 Palestinians in Gaza since the genocide started in October 2023, and more than 172,855 people have been injured inside the enclave.
The IDF on Monday carried out new airstrikes across southern Lebanon and issued new evacuation orders following another deadly weekend as the U.S. and Iran tried to reach a peace deal that Tehran has insisted ends the fighting on all fronts.