Lebanon Official The Kha Official ” Sala The The The Clayton ” This The According It The Sara Lebanon C C I At According The The IDF said earlier on Wednesday that Hezbollah launched an attack on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.On the same day, Hezbollah issued four statements saying it had struck Israeli targets in south Lebanon, “in response to the Israeli enemy’s violation of the ceasefire”, according to the AFP news agency.Last week, a meeting hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought Lebanese and Israeli envoys together for the first direct, high-level contact in three decades between the two countries.Following the talks, their governments agreed to implement a 10-day cessation of hostilities that began on Friday in order to “enable good-faith negotiations toward a permanent security and peace agreement”, the US state department said.Ahead of Thursday’s follow-up talks in Washington, Lebanon’s president confirmed that efforts were under way to extend the ceasefire.Aoun said preserving Lebanese sovereignty over all of its territory was his top priority, and that Lebanese negotiators would seek an end to Israeli attacks, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, release of Lebanese prisoners in Israel, deployment of Lebanese troops along the Israeli border, and the beginning of reconstruction process, according to a statement from his office.A Lebanese official told AFP news agency that Lebanon would request a one-month extension of the ceasefire at the talks.In a speech to Israeli diplomats, Israel’s foreign minister said the two countries should “work together against the terror state that Hezbollah built”.Three Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike, say broadcastersIsraeli triple-tap strike kills three paramedics in Lebanon, officials sayAl Jazeera condemns killing of journalist in Israeli strike in GazaMiddle EastIsraelHezbollahLebanonIran war
