Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas both “expressed concern over serious violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon” in a phone conversation on Thursday, according to a readout from the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
The two officials emphasized the need for the “full implementation of the temporary ceasefire in the Middle East,” the readout said.
In a post to her own X channel, Kallas said that Hezbollah “dragged Lebanon into the war, but Israel’s right to defend itself does not justify inflicting such massive destruction.”
“Israeli actions are putting the U.S.-Iran ceasefire under severe strain. The Iran truce should extend to Lebanon. Hezbollah must disarm. The EU supports Lebanon’s efforts to disarm Hezbollah,” Kallas added.
A man checks the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike the day before that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on April 9, 2026.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vice President JD Vance have said Lebanon was not included in the two-week ceasefire agreement announced on Tuesday.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, though, said in his announcement of the truce that Lebanon was covered.
Iranian officials and state media have likewise suggested that Lebanon is part of the ceasefire deal and have warned that continued Israeli action there could prompt Iranian retaliation.
