Moscow, April 11 (Sputnik/UNI) Lebanon, through US intermediaries, has asked Israel to suspend attacks on its territory ahead of talks, Axios reported citing sources.The US has supported the Lebanese request and is demanding Israel accept it, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet made a decision on the matter, the publication said citing two informed sources.On Thursday, Netanyahu's office announced that he had instructed his cabinet to begin direct talks with Lebanon, aimed at disarming the Shiite movement Hezbollah and establishing peace between the two countries.

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