Ronen Bergman

Thank you.

Thanks for inviting us.

So Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, was concerned that the US will sign a ceasefire without taking too much into account Israel's position.

And then Netanyahu was trying to convince the president, we need more time.

But at the end, the president agreed to a ceasefire.

So the whole thing was presented as a joint war, Israel and the U.S.

Natalie, Mark and I spoke about this with you last time about how Netanyahu was so pivotal in convincing Trump to get into the war.

But once the war started-

Netanyahu was sidelined to an extent, and Trump did not consult with him about when to end the war and in what terms.

Yeah, but only at the very last minute.

This was very late on Tuesday, Israel time.

They knew that the deal between the U.S.

and Iran that will be soon announced by the Pakistani prime minister includes a ceasefire in Lebanon.

This is something they didn't like.

Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to convince the president not to do that.

But the terms of the ceasefire, as they found out, are not just about Iran, but are also about a total ceasefire in the war between Israel and Lebanon.

Now, this is a totally different ballgame.

Because the main military force in Lebanon, Hezbollah, are Iranian allies.

They started shooting at Israel as a sort of a solidarity and under pressure from Iran.

They wanted to have a small exchange of fire.