Overview
- The State Department announced Friday the truce will run 45 more days, with military talks at the Pentagon on May 29 and political talks on June 2–3.
- Israeli strikes in Lebanon have continued during the cease-fire, with the Health Ministry reporting 22 people killed Wednesday after attacks on southern towns and on vehicles near Beirut.
- The Israeli military said it killed more than 220 Hezbollah fighters over the past week and hit more than 440 targets in southern Lebanon.
- Hezbollah leaders rejected disarmament and slammed the Washington talks, and the group claimed new drone attacks including one near Rosh Hanikra that Israel said wounded civilians.
- Humanitarian groups warned of rising civilian harm, with UNICEF counting at least 200 children killed since March and reports of medics slain and schools and clinics damaged in the south.