Trump announces three-week extension of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

Published April 23, 2026 5:36pm ET | Updated April 23, 2026 9:15pm ET



President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon on Thursday.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa all met with “High Ranking Representatives of Israel and Lebanon” in the Oval Office in a meeting that went “very well!”

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