U.S.-Iran Cease-fire
April 08, 2026
The IDF issued evacuation orders for several neighborhoods in Beirut ahead of planned IDF strikes, Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced on X.
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About ten hours after the U.S.-Iran cease-fire was announced, the Israeli government has still not issued a statement in Hebrew on the deal or addressed Israeli citizens on the matter.
The IDF stated on Wednesday morning that, "in accordance with the instructions of political leadership, the IDF has ceased fire in the campaign against Iran," but no official Hebrew statement was made by political sources.
The only Israeli statement issued came from the Prime Minister's Office overnight in English, according to which Israel supports the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to agree to a two-week cease-fire until a final agreement is reached with Iran.
Opposition MK Meirav Ben Ari (Yesh Atid) said, "It's 7:40 in the morning and not a single official is speaking to Israeli citizens and explaining the cease-fire to them," she noted. "For weeks, a 'senior political/security official' has been briefing dozens of reporters about a war that will last months, as if anyone is asking them. Just like in Gaza, the temporary will become permanent and no one will call the shots. There is a president in the United States, he is the sovereign. The rest of the leadership here is a bunch of pawns," she wrote.
Here are the latest updates from the temporary cease-fire between the United States and Iran:
■ The United States and Iran agreed overnight into Wednesday on a two-week cease-fire, as Israel said it would honor the deal but voiced concern that its interests are not being taken into account during the formation of the deal.
■ Iran, in the Farsi-language version of its 10-point cease-fire plan, included the phrase "Recognition of Iran's right to enrich uranium" for its nuclear program, something that was missing in English versions shared by Iranian diplomats to journalists.
■ The IDF announced that it struck Iran overnight before the start of the cease-fire to disrupt a missile barrage aimed at Israel, it said, adding that the Israeli military is on "high defense alert and is ready to respond to any violation."
■ Following the U.S.-Iran cease-fire agreement, Lebanon's Crisis Management Unit has urged displaced people not to return south, the Washington Post reported, as Israeli strikes on Wednesday morning killed at least ten people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry and Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen media.
■ The IDF Arabic Language Spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued two evacuation notices to residents of southern Lebanon who are staying south of the Zahrani River, writing that IDF operations in Lebanon continue.
■ In its first official response to the U.S.-Iran cease-fire agreement, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement early Wednesday that Israel supports the move, but insisted that the deal "does not include Lebanon."
■ U.S. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social the United States will be "helping with traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz," adding, "Iran can start the reconstruction process. We'll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just 'hangin' around' in order to make sure that everything goes well."
■ Trump told AFP on Thursday that he believes China got Iran to negotiate a cease-fire in the war against Israel and the United States.
■ Emergency services said that three Bedouin children were lightly wounded by glass and shrapnel following an Iranian missile attack on southern Israel overnight.
The IDF Arabic Language Spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued another evacuation warning to residents of southern Lebanon who are staying south of the Zahrani River, writing that IDF operations in Lebanon continue, "the cease-fire does not apply to Lebanon."
Lebanon's Hezbollah halted fire on northern Israel and on Israeli troops in Lebanon in the early hours of Wednesday as part of the U.S.-Iran cease-fire announced earlier, three Lebanese sources close to the group told Reuters.
Israel has continued its strikes on southern Lebanon and issued a new evacuation order for one southern city, indicating it would strike there soon, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the two-week Iran-U.S. cease-fire would not include Lebanon.
Iran-backed Hezbollah is expected to issue a statement outlining its formal position on the cease-fire and on Netanyahu's assertion that Lebanon is not included, the three Lebanese sources said.
Following the U.S.-Iran cease-fire agreement, Lebanon's Crisis Management Unit has urged displaced people not to return south, the Washington Post reported, as Israeli strikes on Wednesday morning killed at least ten people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry and Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen media, while the IDF issued renewed evacuation notices to the city of Tyre.
In its first official response to the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Israel's Prime Minister's Office said in a statement early Wednesday that while Israel supports the truce deal, it "does not include Lebanon."
The Lebanese unit issued the statement as large numbers of displaced residents gathered their belongings and began heading south. In just over a month, over a million people in Lebanon have been displaced.
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Israel says war on Lebanon continues despite Iran ceasefire The Israeli military says it will continue its war on Lebanon, stating that the ceasefire with Iran does not apply to the Lebanese front. Military spokesperson Colonel Avichay Ad