Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon extended by three weeks

Speaking from the Oval Office on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension to the original 10-day ceasefire brokered between Israel and Lebanon. Trump characterized the negotiations as a meeting that went very well. He added that the extension opened the door to a possible White House meeting between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu sometime in the next couple of weeks.

What else did the president say? The United States will help the Lebanese government protect itself from the Lebanese-based terror group Hezbollah, Trump said in a Truth Social post. Hezbollah has been a sticking point amid negotiations, with Israel demanding that Lebanon do more to disarm and disband the group, which has been firing rockets across the Lebanese border into northern Israel.