ISRAEL will occupy Lebanon indefinitely despite a peace deal struck between the US and Iran, ministers have said.
Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistani prime minister, whose country has served as a mediator, announced the deal and said it would be officially signed in Switzerland on Friday. He said the pact called for "the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon".
But Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and defence minister Israel Katz have both pushed back against the agreed framework, suggesting Israel will continue to occupy Lebanon anyway.
"Trump's agreement is not binding on us," said Ben-Gvir in a statement on social media.
"Israel is not subject to the United States, and we are an independent and sovereign nation.
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