JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel would be extended for three weeks.
President Trump announced this on his Truth Social platform after attending a meeting at the White House between the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors, as well as senior members of the US Government, Al Arabiya reported (24/4).
They include Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the US Ambassador to Lebanon and Israel.
🚨 "The Meeting went very well! The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah. The Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by THREE WEEKS." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/OUyewZJKmT
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 23, 2026
President Trump told reporters after the meeting that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "likely" would meet at the White House during the three-week truce.
"The ambassadorial level talks between Israel and Lebanon will now take place at the White House. President Trump will welcome the two representatives upon their arrival," a White House official told Al Arabiya English before the meeting.
Thursday's meeting, which was scheduled to take place at the State Department, was moved to the White House at the last minute, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Minutes before the meeting began, Hezbollah said it had fired a barrage of rockets into Israel in response to a violation of the ceasefire. Israel then retaliated by carrying out an air strike inside Lebanon.
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