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Trump Secures Three-Week Extension To Israel–Lebanon Ceasefire

Washington aims to use the pause to convene Israeli and Lebanese leaders for a push toward a longer deal.

Workers clear debris and collect scrap metal from a building destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Corniche al-Masraa neighborhood, after Israeli strikes on April 8 hit 100 targets in 10 minutes across the country, in Beirut, April 23, 2026.
Lebanese building manager Abdallah Mdeik describes surviving the deadly April 8 Israeli attack on his building in the normally safe Ain al-Mreisseh neighborhood, in Beirut, April 23, 2026.
Trump extends the israel lebanon ceasefire by three weeks after oval office talks
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Overview

  • The renewal, the first since the short truce began, came after a second Oval Office meeting with the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Vice President JD Vance.
  • The three-week pause gives the U.S. time to try to bring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joseph Aoun to Washington for direct talks.
  • Fighting has not fully stopped, with rockets fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel intercepted without injuries and reports of other breaches by both sides since the ceasefire took effect.
  • Trump said the U.S. will help Lebanon protect itself from Hezbollah and said Iran must stop funding the group as part of any agreement.
  • Talks face added strain from U.S.–Iran friction, including a reported U.S. Navy seizure of an Iranian oil tanker, and from disputes over Israeli troop positions in southern Lebanon.