War in the Middle East: Israel and Lebanon must participate on Tuesday in a meeting on a cease

Is a ceasefire approaching in Lebanon? The Lebanese presidency announced on the evening of Friday, April 10 that a meeting would take place on Tuesday with Israel in Washington to discuss a ceasefire in the ongoing war between the Israeli army and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah since early March. Following a meeting between the ambassadors of the two countries in the United States, “it was agreed to organize a first meeting on Tuesday at the State Department to discuss the establishment of a truce and the start date of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel under the auspices of the United States”, according to the statement released on X.

Shortly after, Israel stated that it would not discuss a ceasefire with the Hezbollah Islamist movement during these talks. During a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart to organize these discussions, Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter “refused to discuss a ceasefire with the terrorist organization Hezbollah”, as stated in a press release.

After the ceasefire between the United States and Iran took effect on Wednesday, Israel maintained that Lebanon was not included in the agreement and intensified its attacks in Lebanon against the Tehran-allied movement. On Wednesday, massive Israeli strikes killed 357 people and injured 1,223, according to a new provisional toll from the Ministry of Health.