Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold their second ambassador-level talks at the US State Department in Washington. They will again be represented by their ambassadors to the United States. A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon came into effect on the 10th of this month, following weeks of intensified cross-border fighting amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. The truce has remained fragile as tensions along Lebanon’s southern border continue. 

 

Israel and Lebanon have no formal diplomatic relations, and Hezbollah has long been viewed by Israel as a proxy of Iran. The negotiating party with Israel is the Lebanese government, not Hezbollah. Meanwhile, Hezbollah said it launched rockets and attack drones at an Israeli artillery position in the settlement of Kfar Giladi last evening, marking an escalation despite an ongoing ceasefire.