Iran ceasefire, April 8 -- Within hours of the US-Iran ceasefire being announced, a significant fault line has opened up - not between Washington DC and Tehran, but between Islamabad and Tel Aviv. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared the ceasefire agreement covered all fronts, explicitly including Lebanon. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the opposite, without ambiguity.

The discrepancy matters. Lebanon has been ravaged by an Israeli offensive that has killed at least 1,500 people and displaced 1.2 million others.

Sharif was unequivocal in his announcement, framing it as a comprehensive halt to hostilities across every front on which the conflict had spread.

"I am pleased to announce that the Islami...