Overview
- President Trump said Thursday the two governments will start a 10-day ceasefire at 5 p.m. ET after calls with Benjamin Netanyahu and Joseph Aoun, and he tasked JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Gen. Dan Caine to drive talks.
- Netanyahu said Israel will keep troops in southern Lebanon during the pause, describing an expanded security zone rather than a pullback.
- Hezbollah signaled it will honor the truce only if Israeli strikes stop, and cross-border fire and strikes continued up to the announcement.
- Trump invited both leaders to the White House for follow-up talks after rare Israeli–Lebanese contacts in Washington this week.
- The truce is linked to broader U.S.–Iran diplomacy, with Iranian media saying talks could resume once the pause holds and Washington keeping a naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Lebanese authorities report over 2,100 dead and more than 1.2 million displaced.