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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