President Donald Trump declared that the ceasefire in Lebanon was extended by three weeks, after hosting a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese representatives at the White House, according to CNN, quoted by news.ro
“The meeting went very well! The United States will work with Lebanon to help protect itself from Hezbollah,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The initial truce, announced last week, was to expire on Sunday.
President Trump also stated that he is not under pressure to end the war with Iran, and time is not on Tehran's side. . “I have all the time in the world, but Iran doesn't – the clock is ticking!” Trump wrote on social media.
A third US aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East. USS George HW Bush joined USS Gerald R Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln in a consistent increase in naval firepower.
The US president also ordered that any Iranian vessel laying sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz be attacked.
Trump hopes to eventually broker a lasting peace between Lebanon and Israel, the two countries, which have been officially at war since 1948.
“I look forward to hosting the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, and the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, in the near future,” Trump wrote.
