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Israeli official denies report that Jerusalem seeking Lebanon truce as ‘gift’ to Trump

By Jacob Magid

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15 November 2024, 3:49 am 2 Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Former US president Donald Trump (left) hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Florida, July 26, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

An Israeli official denies a report in The Washington Post claiming that Israel is working to secure a ceasefire in Lebanon as a “gift” to the incoming Trump administration.

“There has been an ongoing dialogue with the Biden administration to reach a ceasefire and diplomatic resolution that will translate Israel’s military degradation of Hezbollah into a sustainable calm that will allow civilians to return to their homes,” says the Israeli official in a statement to reporters. “The negotiations are unrelated to the transition and any suggestion to the contrary is false.”