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Trump announces 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon after ‘excellent conversations’
By April 16, 2026

Halt to seven weeks of fighting will be followed by first Israeli-Lebanese summit in decadesMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon to be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next …

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Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut April 16, 2026

Lebanese health ministry says killing of 91 healthcare workers shows ‘total disregard’ for international lawMiddle East crisis – live updatesWhen they received the call to respond to an Israeli airstrike in the city of Mayfadoun, in southern Lebanon, m…

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A Timeline of the Lebanon-Israel Relationship
ByLeo Sands April 16, 2026

Israeli and Lebanese officials this week met in Washington for direct talks between two nations, which have technically been at war since 1948.

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Gunfire reported in Beirut as truce comes into effect – as it happened
ByAdam Fulton April 16, 2026April 17, 2026

This blog is now closed. Our live coverage continues hereIran has stopped all petrochemical exports to prioritise domestic supply and prevent shortages of raw materials, Reuters reported.The state-owned National Petrochemical Company ordered firms to s…

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Israel Considering Cease-Fire With Lebanon, Officials Say
ByRonen Bergman, Aaron Boxerman and Euan Ward April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

Talk of a truce that would pause the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon followed rare direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington on Tuesday.

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Rubio Hosts Israel and Lebanon for Rare Meeting Shadowed by U.S.-Iran War
ByMichael Crowley and Euan Ward April 15, 2026

The gathering ended with encouraging words, even as Israel continued to refuse to halt its military campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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Rare Direct Talks Between Israel and Lebanon Focus on Hezbollah
ByMichael Crowley, Euan Ward, Anushka Patil and Thomas Fuller April 14, 2026April 14, 2026

A meeting between Israeli and Lebanese officials in Washington came as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports entered its second day.

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What Our Reporter Saw in Southern Lebanon
By April 14, 2026

Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports from the city of Tyre in Lebanon amid widespread evacuation warnings and incoming Israeli strikes in Israel’s war with Hezbollah.

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Britain’s complicity with Israel in Lebanon and the West Bank | Letters
ByGuardian staff April 14, 2026

Alexandra Lucas asks what has to happen our government to act, rather than simply condemn Benjamin Netanyahu, while John Deards notes Alan Bennett’s prescience on Donald TrumpYou report that Donald Trump asked Benjamin Netanyahu to be more “low-key” in…

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Israel and Lebanon Seek Way Forward in Rare Direct Talks
ByAnushka Patil April 14, 2026April 14, 2026

The talks, set for Tuesday in Washington, were not expected to produce an immediate breakthrough in the war between Hezbollah and Israel.

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