Israel Bombs Lebanon as Ceasefire Negotiations Approach

The two countries are set to negotiate a ceasefire in Washington on Tuesday, April 14, as Israel continues to bomb its neighbor, citing the threat of Hezbollah.

Published on 04/12/2026 at 08:33

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The meeting in Washington on Tuesday to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, will it be more successful than the one on Saturday between Iran and the United States? “I have set two conditions: we want the disarmament of Hezbollah and we want a real peace agreement that will last for generations,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, April 11, whose army continues to bomb Lebanese territory.

Israel is openly at war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, a Shiite movement allied with Tehran, since March 2. Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a televised address that his army had “created a security buffer zone of eight to ten kilometers” within Lebanon from the Israeli border to push back the threat of rockets from the movement targeting northern Israeli communities.

Benjamin Netanyahu also claimed that his country had “thwarted” Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programs during its strikes against the Islamic Republic, and that the country did not have “a single operational enrichment facility left.” According to the Israeli Prime Minister, the war was launched after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, killed on the first day of the conflict, “sought to bury missile production and nuclear production very, very deep under a mountain,” necessitating an intervention. “They wanted to strangle us, and [now] we are strangling them. They threatened us with annihilation, and now they are fighting for their survival,” Benjamin Netanyahu declared, referring to Iranian leaders and their regional allies like the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah or the Houthi rebels in Yemen.