Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension to the ceasefire following two days of negotiation facilitated by the US State Department, the department announced on Friday.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, both Israel and Lebanon<\/a> have agreed on a framework for negotiations<\/a>, including \u201cfull recognition of each other\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and establishing genuine security along their shared border.\u201d<\/p>\n Further negotiations will be split into two tracks: security and political.<\/p>\n Political negotiations are set to reconvene on June 2 and June 3, while military delegations from both countries will meet at the US Pentagon on May 29.<\/p>\n The US additionally affirmed its recognition of the threat Hezbollah<\/a> posed, emphasizing that they operate \u201cwithout the consent or approval of the government of Lebanon,\u201d and stated that all parties are working to find a long-term solution<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s ambassador to the US and leader of the delegation to the negotiations, Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, wrote that the talks were \u201cfrank and constructive,\u201d in a post on X\/Twitter on Friday.<\/p>\n He added that the negotiations had potential for great success.<\/p>\n The Lebanese delegation reaffirmed its commitment to reaching an agreement that restores Lebanon\u2019s national sovereignty and guarantees the safety of all citizens, State-affiliated news outlet LBC reported on Friday.<\/p>\n Additionally, the Lebanese delegation demanded the return of all Lebanese prisoners and called for an implementation mechanism to ensure the fulfillment of all Israeli obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension to the ceasefire following two days of negotiation facilitated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,21224,81925,88,43,13931,40,38,41,39,172216],"class_list":["post-443795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-hezbollah-lebanon","tag-israel-and-lebanon","tag-lebanon","tag-news","tag-state-department","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-yechiel-leiter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}