Trump says Israel-Lebanon ceasefire to be extended by three weeks
Summary
President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would be extended by three weeks after talks in Washington. The ceasefire aims to stop more than seven weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran.Key Facts
- The ceasefire was originally set to end on Sunday and will now last three more weeks.
- The talks took place in Washington involving Israeli and Lebanese envoys, marking the first direct high-level contact between the two countries in 30 years.
- President Trump said the U.S. will help Lebanon protect itself from Hezbollah.
- Israel and Hezbollah have accused each other of breaking the ceasefire with rocket attacks and air strikes.
- Fighting has caused over 2,200 deaths in Lebanon, including civilians, and displaced about one million people.
- Hezbollah is both a militia and political group in Lebanon, opposed by the U.S. and Israel, but it refuses to disarm.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plan to visit the White House soon.
- The fighting escalated after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader on February 28, which led to retaliatory attacks by Hezbollah on Israel.
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