Iran Ceasefire Under Pressure: Israel Launches 'Largest Lebanon Strike' as Islamabad Talks Approach

On April 9 — the day after Trump brokered the US-Iran ceasefire — the Israeli Air Force launched what it described as its 'largest attack across Lebanon' since Operation Roaring Lion began, striking Hezbollah positions in Beirut and southern Lebanon despite the active ceasefire agreement. UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called the strikes 'deeply damaging.' The Lebanon carve-out remained the chief contradiction in the ceasefire framework: Netanyahu had explicitly excluded Lebanon, contradicting Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif's claim that Lebanon was included. Iran and US delegations were simultaneously preparing to travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, for formal negotiations set for April 10 under Pakistani mediation. Iran confirmed its delegation would attend; Trump said the US would engage directly with Iran at the talks, calling it an opportunity to 'get this right for decades.' The ceasefire remained technically in effect for US-Iran hostilities even as the Lebanon situation escalated.