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Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-brokered cease‑fire after high‑level talks in Washington. The agreement calls for a complete cessation of hostilities by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The State Department announced the deal on June 3, 2026.
- ▪The cease‑fire was negotiated during two days of high‑level meetings in Washington.
- ▪The agreement requires Hezbollah to halt all fire in southern Lebanon.
- ▪A previous cease‑fire had been largely ignored.
- ▪The State Department publicly announced the new cease‑fire on June 3, 2026.
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Israel and Lebanon Agree to Renew Cease-FireThe U.S.-brokered agreement called for “a complete cessation” of fire from Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia that operates in southern Lebanon. A previous cease-fire has largely been ignored.Published June 3, 2026Updated June 4, 2026Share full articleImageThe State Department on Wednesday announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a cease-fire following two days of high-level meetings held in Washington.Credit...Oliver Contreras/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images window.registerInteractive && window.registerInteractive("100000010805361"); !function(){var e="gps_module_impressions",s="gps_suppress_module",t=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),o="1"===t.get("gps_debug")?function(e,s){console.log("[gps]",e,void…
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