Third round of Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington next week, Lebanese media reports

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6 May 2026, 5:09 pm

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Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

From left, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, listen to President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office at the White House, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

Arabic media outlets report that Israeli and Lebanese representatives will meet for a third round of negotiations in Washington next week.

According to a report by Lebanese television channel LBCI, the talks will take place in the presence of Lebanon’s ambassador to the United States, Nada Hamadeh Moawad; Lebanese diplomat Simon Karam; and a representative from the Lebanese Armed Forces, and will be held over two consecutive days — either Wednesday and Thursday or Thursday and Friday.