Israel and Lebanon will extend truce, Trump announced. This is important for negotiations with Iran

Israel and Lebanon will extend the ceasefire for another three weeks, US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social. The parties reached an initial agreement on April 16, at which time it was a truce for 10 days.

With prospects for a peace settlement between the U.S. and Iran remaining dim, the decision could reduce broader tensions in the region, as fighting between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon threatened to derail the Iranian-American truce, Bloomberg wrote.

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