
Lebanon says ceasefire must be in place before Israel talks
Lebanon will only take part in talks with Israel if a ceasefire is already in place, a senior official tells the BBC.
FRIDAY, 10 APRIL 2026, 17:09

Lebanon will only take part in talks with Israel if a ceasefire is already in place, a senior official tells the BBC.

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Speaking during a three-day visit to the Middle East, the prime minister says the current ceasefire is “fragile”.
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The Strait of Hormuz remained shut on Friday and Israel traded fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, which the United States and Iran each described as violations of their ceasefire deal on the eve of their first peace talks of the war.
Lebanon is facing a food security crisis as the Iran war disrupts supplies of goods inside the country, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday.
The Kremlin said on Friday that a visit to the United States by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special investment envoy did not mean that negotiations on a possible peace deal in Ukraine had resumed.

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