Trump says 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon will be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week – key US politics stories from 16 April at a glanceDonald Trump has announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon to be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week, in a deal that it is hoped will bring progress toward a…
President Donald Trump said Hezbollah would be part of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, mere hours after announcing a 10-day pause in hostilities between the two feuding nations. “They’re going to be having a ceasefire, and that’ll include Hezbollah,” Trump said on Thursday afternoon before departing for Las Vegas. Trump also said he had…
This follows weeks of Israeli strikes targeting the militant group Hezbollah that have killed more than 2,000 people in Lebanon and strained U.S.-Iran negotiations.
President Trump is claiming that he has negotiated a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, posting on Truth Social Thursday that the two nations have agreed to suspend hostilities for 10 days beginning at 5 p.m. E.T.“On Tuesday, the two Countries met for the first time in 34 years here in Washington, D.C., with our Great Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. I…
President Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day ceasefire that will start on Thursday at 5pm ET. Why it matters: The U.S. has been pressing for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon for several days, while working in parallel on a potential peace deal with Iran.What he's saying: "I just had excellent conversations with the Highly…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) responded on Thursday to the new short-term ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon. “While I appreciate every effort to bring peace through diplomacy in the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon, we have to be realistic about the situation on the ground,” the GOP senator wrote on the social platform X. “The…
President Donald Trump says in a social media post that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. It's set to begin Thursday at 5 p.m. New York time. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump announced that the leaders of Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ten-day ceasefire Thursday after Secretary of State Marco Rubio mediated negotiations between the…
Israel has been fighting the Iranian regime and its proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon across the border. That local ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon could affect U.S. efforts to come to a broader regional agreement with Iran. Charlie D'Agata reports.
