The United States and Iran may have finalized a deal to end their war, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the clause involving Lebanon, Israeli media said after US President Donald Trump announced that a deal had been reached.Click here for live updatesOn February 28, Israel and the United States launched strikes in Iran, triggering the Middle East conflict. Lebanon became involved in the conflict after Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group backed by Tehran, entered the war following the assassination of then-Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the operation.Read this also Trump announces, ‘US-Iran peace agreement now complete’; Signature event in Switzerland on June 19According to the Maarev website, Netanyahu skipped Sunday’s cabinet meeting to talk to Trump, who informed him about the upcoming signing on Friday in Switzerland.During the call, Netanyahu reportedly told Trump that Israel does not consider itself bound by the Lebanese clause in the Washington-Tehran agreement.The website quoted him as saying, “The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will not withdraw from Lebanon, will remain in the positions it currently occupies and will continue to work to thwart the threat of Hezbollah – including destroying terrorist infrastructure and responding to any attacks against Israel.”The two leaders also discussed the IDF strike on the Lebanese capital Beirut that day, which delayed the agreement before it could be announced later.Although Trump brokered an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire preserving Israel’s right to self-defense, both Hezbollah and Israel have continued to violate the ceasefire.Iran also made any potential ceasefire conditional on a complete cessation of hostilities against Lebanon.Trump has repeatedly criticized Netanyahu over Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, including using strong language to describe the IDF’s latest attack in Beirut.Read this also ‘He has no decision’: Trump was ‘angry’ with Netanyahu over Israeli strike in Lebanon ‘an hour before the deal’“It’s so bad – I can’t believe it. An hour before the deal was signed. Why did Bibi have to carry out a suicide attack? I was so angry. I told him. He has no bad judgment. I told him that,” the American leader told reporters, referring to the Israeli prime minister’s surname, hours before the deal was announced.