Israeli forces push further into Lebanon as delegations meet in US
People visit beach against the backdrop of smoke rising from the site of an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on May 27, 2026.(AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday his country's forces had pushed deeper into Lebanon, even as military delegations from both countries held landmark security talks in Washington.
Israel kept up its heavy bombardment of south Lebanon, with President Joseph Aoun emphasising in a call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio "the need to exert all efforts to reach a ceasefire".
A truce to halt the fighting between Israel and Tehran-backed Hezbollah officially took effect on April 17, but has never been observed, with Iran insisting that Lebanon be included in any agreement with the United States to end the wider war that engulfed the region in February.
