WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump announces that the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has been extended by three weeks.
Trump makes the announcement after participating in the second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon at the White House.
Two days after the first round of talks was held on April 14, the US announced a ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the latter of which dragged Lebanon into the Iran war by firing rockets at Israel on March 2.
Trump declares the ceasefire extension in a statement posted to his Truth Social account while the meeting is still ongoing.
“The meeting went very well!” Trump writes in a post.
“The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah,” he says, without elaborating.
“The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by THREE WEEKS,” he says.
“I look forward in the near future to hosting the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, and the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun,” Trump says, without specifying if he plans to meet with the two leaders together.
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