US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a 10-day ceasefire starting 21:00 GMT in an effort to achieve peace. Netanyahu said the Israeli army would control a 10-kilometer-deep (6.2 miles) buffer zone in southern Lebanon and that he did not intend to comply with any of the demands of Hezbollah.
On Monday, the US State Department said that the US will host the next round of talks between the ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon on April 23. Washington welcomes the "productive engagement" between the two governments and "will continue to facilitate direct, good-faith discussions" between them, the department added.