{"id":323654,"date":"2026-04-24T04:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=323654"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:41:31","slug":"trump-says-israel-lebanon-comply-with-extend-hezbollah-ceasefire-for-3-weeks-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/trump-says-israel-lebanon-comply-with-extend-hezbollah-ceasefire-for-3-weeks-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Israel, Lebanon comply with extend Hezbollah ceasefire for 3 weeks – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to increase a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks on the White House on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Trump said the meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the US went \u201cthoroughly.\u201d The meeting was the second high-level negotiation between the 2 countries since last week. The initial 10-day ceasefire, which took effect last Friday, had been on account of expire on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe USA goes to work with Lebanon with a purpose to help it protect itself from Hezbollah,\u201d Trump said in a social media post. He added that he’s looking forward to meeting in person with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun \u201cwithin the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump greeted Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh Moawad and her Israeli counterpart Yechiel Leiter on their arrival. Along with Trump, the U.S. was represented by Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, State Department Counsellor Michael Needham, Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe hope that together, under your leadership, we are able to formalize peace between Israel and Lebanon within the very near future,\u201d Leiter said within the Oval Office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to essentially say thanks to the US, under your leadership, for all of your effort to assist and to support Lebanon,\u201d Hamadeh told Trump. \u201cAnd I feel together with your help, together with your support, we are able to make Lebanon great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aoun said on Wednesday that Hamadeh would recommend an extension of the 10-day ceasefire. She also would ask for an end to Israeli home demolitions in villages and towns occupied by Israel after the newest war broke out on March 2, Aoun said in comments released by his office.<\/p>\n

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Preparations are being made for wider-reaching negotiations between Lebanon and Israel. The aim of the longer term talks is to \u201cfully\u201d stop Israeli attacks, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, release of Lebanese prisoners held in Israel, deployment of Lebanese troops along the border and starting the reconstruction process, Aoun said.<\/p>\n

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has called on Lebanon to work with Israel to disarm the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t have any serious disagreements with Lebanon. There are a number of minor border disputes that may be solved,\u201d Saar said during Independence Day remarks to Israel\u2019s ambassadors and diplomatic corps wherein he also described the neighboring country as a \u201cfailed state.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe obstacle to peace and normalization between the countries is one: Hezbollah,\u201d he said, adding that Lebanon could have \u201ca way forward for sovereignty, independence and freedom from the Iranian occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newest war began when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel, two days after Israel and the U.S. launched attacks on Iran. Israel responded with widespread bombardment of Lebanon and a ground invasion wherein it captured dozens of towns and villages along the border.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military currently occupies a buffer zone stretching as much as 10 kilometers (6 miles) into southern Lebanon. Israel says it goals to remove the specter of short-range rockets and anti-tank missiles being fired toward northern Israel.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah has rejected the talks. Wafiq Safa, a high-ranking member of the militant group\u2019s political council, told The Associated Press that it can not abide by any agreements made throughout the direct talks.<\/p>\n

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