India, April 9 -- After Israel pounded Lebanon with record-number of strikes, US vice president JD Vance said Israel has proposed to restrain itself as long as the talks between the US and Iran are taking place, Axios reported. Track updates on Iran-US war

This comes after the fragile ceasefire to the intense fighting between the US and Iran in the Middle East was put in jeopardy as Israel launched massive strikes over Lebanon with deadlier strikes near Beirut neighbourhoods on Wednesday. Israel said the truce between Iran and the US does not extend to its war in Lebanon with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. However, Iran and mediator Pakistan suggested the opposite.

On Wednesday, Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Leba...