Iran live updates: Trump says Iran is 'FINISHED' as talks postponed

President Donald Trump said that he has to keep Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu "sane" in a newly released clip from an interview he taped with Axios Thursday afternoon.

"If it weren't for Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu, who I work well with -- but he will tell you -- we're the ones with the guns, we're the ones with the whole deal, we're the ones with the B2 bombers, et cetera. If it weren't for Donald Trump, Israel would have been eviscerated," Trump said.

"It's good," Trump said, about his relationship with Netanyahu. "But we have to keep them a little bit, uh…sane."

At least 47 people have been killed and 97 injured in Israeli strikes on Lebanon Friday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. At least two children and seven women are among the dead, officials said.

At least 3,980 people have died since the beginning of the war, including 250 children. More than 12,000 people have been injured, according to the ministry.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz

Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire beginning at 4 p.m. local time, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.

At 4:30 p.m. local time, an IDF spokesperson answered a question about a ceasefire going into effect, saying, "These are matters at the political level. As long as we have not received other instructions from the political level, we will continue to operate."

The news of the ceasefire was first reported by Reuters.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

There were 25 crossings of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, according to maritime intelligence firm Kpler,.

Crossings were evenly split in both directions and most ships crossed using the established Iranian route, Kpler said.

"While this d/d uptick points to improving operating conditions, unresolved implementation details and continued dark crossings indicate a continued elevated degree of caution with ship operators," Kpler said.