Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States will meet later in Washington to discuss a ceasefire, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attending.
Yechiel Leiter, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. will meet his Lebanese counterpart Nada Hamadeh Moawad in what is a rare face-to-face meeting between the two countries.
Israel started bombing Lebanon on 28 February, at the same time America and Israel began airstrikes on Iran.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji has said the talks should be used to implement a ceasefire and peace agreement. However, Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have called for the meeting to be cancelled.
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem spoke in a televised address on Monday (13 April) and called on the Lebanese government to cancel the meeting, describing the talks as pointless and his group will continue retaliation against Israel.
Tel Aviv says it won't discuss a ceasefire while Hezbollah has objected to negotiations with them.
Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon, with the latest attack on the eve of the talks. The Israel Defence Force entered a town in south Lebanon which, it says, a number of Hezbollah fighters were based. At the time of writing, there has been no confirmation of casulties.
Israel and the U.S. say the military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon is not part of the two-week ceasefire announced last week by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Iran has insisted it is and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had said the pause in fighting would include Lebanon.
The Lebanese government have recently put measures in place to restrict the group's activities within the country.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has said a peace agreement with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday in a post on social media, despite Tehran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei saying no deal would be approved this weekend.
U.S. and Iranian officials said they had agreed on a framework to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary pact that sent oil prices falling but leaves the fate of Iran's nuclear program to further negotiations.
U.S. and Iranian officials said on Sunday they have agreed on a deal to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, possibly leading to lower energy prices once oil shipments resume through the critical waterway.
Details of a reported draft memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran offer the clearest picture yet of how both sides plan to end months of conflict and move towards a longer-term settlement.
The U.S. and Iran say they have reached a deal to end their conflict, with an immediate ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade. Talks will continue over the next 60 days to finalise the agreement
A senior Iranian official told Reuters that a draft memorandum with the U.S. covers issues including Iran’s nuclear programme, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. waivers on oil sanctions, with further negotiations expected within 60 days of an initial agreement.
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