Trump says 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon will be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week – key US politics stories from 16 April at a glance
Donald Trump has announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon to be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week, in a deal that it is hoped will bring progress toward a parallel peace agreement between the US and Iran.
The ceasefire took effect at midnight on Thursday in Lebanon, where Israel has been conducting devastating airstrikes aimed at wiping out the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia.
Trump provided few other details, apart from the start time and length of the agreed truce. He later told reporters: “At the right time I would visit Lebanon.”
The Israeli occupation is likely to be the subject of talks that Trump said would take place in Washington next Tuesday between Aoun and Netanyahu – the first Israeli-Lebanese summit in decades.
