Top Lebanese officials said Monday they want to prevent the country, which is still recovering from the recent Israel-Hezbollah war, from being dragged into the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.

President Donald Trump said Iran wants to talk about de-escalating the deadly conflict with Israel but that country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, signaled strikes would continue.“They want to make a deal,

Israel decimated the group’s leadership last fall and degraded its military capabilities. Can the same strategy work against a far more powerful foe?

The Israel-Iran conflict has escalated into its fourth day with mounting casualties, widening attacks, and no sign of diplomatic resolution.

Lapid made a speech last month to Israel’s parliament, which is called the Knesset, that marked 600 days since the start of the war in Gaza. Lapid slammed Netanyahu for bringing a conflict upon Israel that didn’t exist during his own brief time in office.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.

Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday morning in Asia after US President Donald Trump called for the immediate evacuation of Tehran. Brent crude futures, the international oil benchmark, rose 1.8 per cent to $74.

Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press U.S. President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Iran in return for Tehran's flexibility in nuclear negotiations,