00:00Iran's foreign minister says the tentative agreement to end the war with the United States
00:04would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, a condition Israel has already rejected.
00:20A US official who spoke on condition of anonymity has said the deal did not call for an Israeli
00:25withdrawal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would remain
00:31in Lebanon as long as necessary. The terms of the deal, which is between the United States and
00:36Iran, have not been made public. While Israel is not part of the agreement, it is part of the war.
00:41It joined the US in launching strikes on Iran in February. In response, the Iran-backed Hezbollah
00:47militant group in Lebanon launched attacks against Israel on March 2, and both sides have been
00:52exchanging fires since then. The Israeli army seized large swaths of Lebanese territory,
00:58saying it's fighting the Iran-backed group. The negotiations to end the war have been plagued
01:02by such disagreements before, leading to a prolonged but uneasy ceasefire that has left
01:07the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut.
01:22The
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