Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikes

Israeli PM says he will continue to attack Hezbollah ‘with full force’ after attacks that killed more than 300 people Benjamin Netanyahu has said there is “no ceasefire in Lebanon” and Israel would continue “to strike Hezbollah with full force” as the country’s military launched fresh strikes. The Israeli prime minister’s remarks and latest attacks on what the IDF called “Hezbollah launch sites” came shortly after Donald Trump said he had asked Netanyahu to be more “low-key” in Lebanon. Later on Friday, a US state department official said Israel and Lebanon will hold talks in Washington next week. The announcement came as Netanyahu ordered his ministers to seek direct talks with Lebanon focused on disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Neither Israel nor Lebanon have publicly confirmed the US talks for next week. Earlier, the Lebanese government had said a ceasefire must be agreed before any talks could begin. In a written message, Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said the Islamic republic did not want war with the US and Israel, but would protect its rights as a nation, state television reported on Thursday. “We did not seek war and we do not want it,” he said. “But we wi