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Israel's ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, has voiced cautious unease over the newly brokered US-Iran peace deal, suggesting that while a ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have been secured, the substantive issues threatening Israel's security have merely been deferred rather than resolved.

In a wide-ranging interview with NDTV's Senior Executive Editor Aditya Raj Kaul, Azar said the emerging deal essentially trades immediate access through Hormuz for a commitment to future talks on the matters Israel considers existential - Iran's nuclear programme, its ballistic missile arsenal, and its support for regional proxy groups.

"We are anxious because for us the important issues are going to be negotiated then," he said, underlining that Jerusalem views the agreement as an interim arrangement rather than a final settlement.