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Rubio spoke to Israeli, Lebanese leaders about new ceasefire plan, US official says
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, a US official says.
The US has proposed that, as a first step, Hezbollah will stop all attacks on Israel, and in return, Israel would refrain from escalation in Beirut, the official says.
The US official adds that Aoun tried to advance this proposal, but Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri placed the burden on Israel to stop “shooting first.”
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