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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/23/us-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-talks/
Israel and Lebanon Extend Ceasefire by 3 Weeks, Trump Says
(Washington Post) Karen DeYoung - The 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, due to expire Sunday, will be extended for three weeks, President Donald Trump said Thursday during the second round of peace talks at the White House. Trump said he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to meet with him at the White House in the near future. Hizbullah has not officially recognized the pause in hostilities and on Thursday launched a missile attack on northern Israel that was intercepted. Israel is at war with Iran-backed Hizbullah, not Lebanon. Hizbullah launched a massive rocket attack on northern Israel on Feb. 28, after the start of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran. The Lebanese government "said they would clear southern Lebanon" of Hizbullah, said Fadi Nicholas Nassar, a fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington. "That proved not to be true. Lebanon said they would demilitarize and outlaw Hizbullah military activities" in both the south and in Beirut. This did not happen.