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Israel was not informed of the United States' plan to reach a temporary two-week ceasefire agreement with Iran until the deal reached the final stages of finalization, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
According to the WSJ report, Israeli officials were unhappy with their exclusion from the decision-making process. The extent of Israel's involvement was highlighted by a phone call that US President Donald Trump made to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly before the ceasefire was announced, according to the WSJ, which cited a US official.
Mediators involved in the ceasefire told the WSJ that Israeli officials were not happy with the terms of the agreement, including reports that Lebanon would be included in the deal. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped negotiate the ceasefire, initially announced that Lebanon would be included early Wednesday.
Both Netanyahu and Trump disputed this claim, with Trump claiming during a conversation with PBS News journalist Liz Landers that Lebanon was not involved because of Hezbollah.
Israeli officials sharply criticized the ceasefire agreement, Israel's exclusion from ceasefire discussions, and insulted Trump's willingness to back down from threats he made against the Iranian regime.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid called the deal a political disaster, claiming that Netanyahu failed politically, failed strategically, and did not fulfill any of the goals he set for himself.
MK Zvika Fogel, chairman of the Knesset's National Security Committee and a member of the far-right Otzma Yehudi party, claimed that Trump "really lost" by accepting the deal.
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