Iran and the United States agreed to a two-week ceasefire Tuesday night into Wednesday, just an hour before Donald Trump’s ultimatum expired, threatening to destroy Iran.
Pakistan appreciated “the restraint shown by all parties” ahead of scheduled discussions in Islamabad between the United States and Iran, the Pakistani Prime Minister and the Army Chief said on Thursday, April 9.
“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 by Israel against Lebanon”
However, Israel stated that Lebanon was not included in this agreement, intensifying its attacks against Hezbollah.
On Wednesday, simultaneous Israeli strikes without warning hit the heart of Beirut and several other regions of Lebanon, resulting in 203 deaths and a thousand injuries, according to a provisional official tally.
Israel will strike the pro-Iranian Islamist movement Hezbollah “wherever it is needed,” declared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the strikes.
Also, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned “the ongoing aggression by Israel against Lebanon” on the eve of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad.
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