India, June 18 -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly said that Israeli troops will not withdraw out of southern Lebanon, despite it being a stern condition by Iran for signing of the peace deal.

In his first remarks since the deal was signed virtually by Trump and Iran's President on Wednesday, Netanyahu remarked, "We will restore security to the north."

"This requires maintaining the security zone in southern Lebanon, and it requires that we not leave it as long as Israel's security needs demand it," Netanyahu was quoted as saying in a Times of Israel report.

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes killed three people in Lebanon on Thursday in two separate incidents. According to Lebanese state media National News Agency, th...