{"id":580919,"date":"2026-08-11T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/580919\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T01:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:16:09","slug":"israel-lebanon-to-continue-talks-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/580919\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel, Lebanon to continue talks in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next round of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-905063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel-Lebanon talks<\/a> is set to be held at the beginning of September, a US official told Saudi state-owned Al-Arabiya English on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Hezbollah is still seeking to disrupt the peace process between the countries, said the official, adding that Washington remains optimistic about the talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The discussions between the countries have included talks on a third country demining certain areas, the official reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, officials from the two countries met in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-904956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rome<\/a>, with talks having concluded on August 6. There, representatives discussed Hezbollah&#8217;s disarmament, the pilot program for Israeli withdrawal, and plans for a &#8220;comprehensive peace and security agreement,&#8221; a State Department spokesperson said after the first day.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah denounced those talks, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-900071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Secretary-General Naim Qassem<\/a> saying that the talks would bring &#8220;nothing but shame, humiliation, and successive compromises&#8221; for Lebanon. Qassem also condemned Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, dubbing him a divisive figure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Hezbollah has opposed the direct Israel-Lebanon talks since they began in April. Since then, the countries have met several times to discuss an end to the long-standing conflict between them.<\/p>\n<p>In Rome, Israeli officials brought up the possibility of transferring buried Jewish bodies in Lebanon to Israel for burial in exchange for the release of Lebanese prisoners in Israel, Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Akhbar reported on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These bodies lie buried in cemeteries in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-904987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beirut<\/a> and Sidon, the report said. Both cities historically featured vibrant Jewish communities, though almost none remain there to this day.<\/p>\n<p>James Genn, Idan Kweller, and Shir Perets contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next round of\u00a0Israel-Lebanon talks is set to be held at the beginning of September, a US official&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[49,54,42,86,25601,56943,236795,11004,43,40,38,41,39,1032,7421],"class_list":["post-580919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-hezbollah","tag-hezbollah-disarmament","tag-israel-lebanon-border","tag-israel-lebanon-peace-deal","tag-joseph-aoun","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580919","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=580919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}