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Lebanon and Israel Set Washington Talks as IDF Assaults Bint Jbeil

Beirut seeks an immediate ceasefire through a new direct channel despite limited leverage from internal rifts and ongoing clashes.

Workers remove the rubble, as rescuers keep searching for the bodies of a missing woman and girl at a destroyed building that was hit on Wednesday April 8, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Workers remove the rubble as rescuers keep searching for a missing woman and girl at a destroyed building that was hit on April 8, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Workers remove the rubble as rescuers keep searching for a missing woman and girl at a destroyed building that was hit on April 8, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Workers remove the rubble as rescuers keep searching for a missing woman and girl at a destroyed building that was hit on April 8, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Overview

  • - The Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors are slated to meet Tuesday in Washington in a U.S.-hosted, face-to-face contact, and Beirut says its opening demand is an immediate ceasefire.
  • - Israeli forces said Monday they had encircled the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil and begun a ground assault, claiming to have killed more than 100 Hezbollah fighters there.
  • - Hezbollah said it struck Israeli troops in and around Bint Jbeil with rockets, artillery and drones, underscoring that it rejects negotiations before a halt to fighting.
  • - Israel has authorized direct talks with Lebanon but its embassy in Washington says it will not discuss a ceasefire with Hezbollah, while senior Lebanese figures, including Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, oppose talks under fire.
  • - Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports at least 2,055 people killed and 6,588 wounded, and the state news agency says an Israeli strike near Red Cross offices in Tyre killed a wounded person and damaged ambulances, as Israel signals plans to control a border strip up to the Litani River that could delay displaced families’ return.