Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend the ceasefire for three more weeksThe President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Thursday after a meeting with representatives of both countries at the White House.
With this announcement, the truce declared on April 16 is extended, which established an initial period of ten days of cessation of Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, while both parties seek a final peace agreement.
Trump received the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States, Yechiel Leiter and Nada Hamadeh, in the Oval Office this Thursday to advance the negotiations. “The meeting was a great success! The United States will work with Lebanon to help protect itself from Hezbollah. The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended for three weeks,” the American leader announced on the Truth Social network.
Trump added that he hopes to receive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House soon.
Second round of contacts
This Thursday is the second round of contacts between Israel and Lebanon after the one held on April 14 at the headquarters of the State Department in Washington, which marked the first high-level meeting between both nations since 1993 and concluded with a ten-day ceasefire agreement.
Following the start of the war against Iran launched by the United States and Israel on February 28, On March 2, the Israeli Army began an offensive in Lebanese territory against Hezbollahwhich has caused more than 2,300 deaths and a million displaced people. Hezbollah, an ally of Iran and the author of the attacks launched from Lebanon on Israel, is not participating in the peace talks.
The Lebanese Government has rejected Iran negotiating on its behalf in the talks it maintains with the United States in Pakistan and has opted to maintain these direct negotiations with Israel, which Hezbollah rejects.
