Overview

• Pakistan, which is serving as a mediator between the United States and Iran, stated that if the war expands, it will stand alongside Saudi Arabia under the framework of their defense alliance.

• IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir defined Lebanon as the main theater after the ceasefire with Iran. He said that an opportunity had emerged to change the security reality and that Israel would not miss it.

• Iran still possesses an arsenal of thousands of ballistic missiles, which it may be able to use by bringing launchers out of underground storage sites. According to the Wall Street Journal.

• Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a statement following the ceasefire and said that Israel still has objectives to complete, and that these would be achieved either by agreement or by renewed fighting.

• Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar decided that Spain would not be allowed to participate in the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat (CMCC), which was established under  the Trump peace plan for Gaza.

Lebanon

Diplomatic

• According to an NBC report, Trump instructed Netanyahu to reduce the intensity of fire in Lebanon in order to support the negotiations with Iran. The Prime Minister’s Office stated that, following a request from Lebanon, direct talks between the two countries will take place next week with the aim of disarming Hezbollah and…