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Middle East war live: Israel, Lebanon extend shaky ceasefire

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 392 words · By FRANCE
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What to know about Middle East war live: Israel, Lebanon extend shaky ceasefire

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire, which was set to expire Sunday, and to hold expanded talks on a political settlement, the US announced after two days of talks in Washington.

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What happened

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire, which was set to expire Sunday, and to hold expanded talks on a political settlement, the US announced after two days of talks in Washington.

Why it matters

The April 17 ceasefire, which did not end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, will be extended for 45 days, said the US.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The April 17 ceasefire... will be extended for 45 days”
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Three independent web sources (Planet News, a Twitter/X post from a news source, and another US announcement report) specifically state the ceasefire was extended by 45 days.
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Claim 2: “the Wall Street Journal published a story on Monday saying that the UAE carried out military operations on Iran in early April”
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Multiple sources report that the Wall Street Journal published a story regarding the UAE carrying out military operations/strikes on Iran in early April.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a left-wing populist and progressive movement against economic inequality, capitalism, corporate greed, big finance, and the influence of money in politics. It began in Zu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Journal (stylized as THE JOURNAL.) is a daily news podcast co-produced by the Swedish audio streaming service Spotify and the American business newspaper The Wall Street Journal, currently hosted …
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Claim 3: “the Pentagon would bring together delegations from the countries' militaries on May 29”
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The South China Morning Post reports this, and it is corroborated by a web search result stating military delegations are due to meet at the Pentagon on May 29.
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web search NEUTRAL — Military delegations from the two countries are due to meet again at the Pentagon on May 29, while the political track of negotiations is scheduled to resume on June 2-3.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US-mediated truce between Israel and Lebanon has been extended by 45 days, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said on Friday.
https://www.rt.com/news/640059-israel-lebanon-truce-extended…
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web search NEUTRAL — SadaNews - The Lebanese delegation in Washington announced on Friday that the tripartite negotiations with the United States and Israel resulted in "significant diplomatic progress" in favor of Lebano…
https://www.sadanews.ps/en/news/302275.html
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Claim 4: “the State Department would hold negotiations aimed at reaching a permanent political agreement on June 2 and 3”
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The South China Morning Post reports this, and it is corroborated by a web search result from a Lebanese delegation stating the political track of negotiations is scheduled to resume on June 2-3.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equiv…
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Claim 5: “Israel carried out new strikes that it insists are not subject to the truce”
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The claim is reported by South China Morning Post and corroborated by web search results mentioning Israeli officials stating strikes are not subject to the truce or that there is 'no ceasefire' in specific contexts.
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web search NEUTRAL — • New strikes after ceasefire announcement: Missile attacks were reported across the Gulf region and Israel shortly after President Donald Trump announced he’d agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trum…
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web search NEUTRAL — Benjamin Netanyahu has said there is “no ceasefire in Lebanon” and Israel would continue “to strike Hezbollah with full force” as the country’s military launched fresh strikes.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/09/israel-bombing…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ceasefire is technically between Israel and Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based. An Israeli official told the the BBC's US partner CBS News that Israel will only respond militarily during the ceasef…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c20dd5ynxz9t
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Claim 6: “The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday that all actions taken by the Gulf country came within its framework of defensive measures aimed at protecting its sovereignty, civilians, and vital infrastructure”
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Reuters and another independent news source both report that the UAE stated on Saturday that its actions were defensive measures to protect sovereignty, civilians, and infrastructure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dubai is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is on a creek on the southeastern coast of the Persian Gulf. As of 2025, its population stands a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Emirate of Fujairah (Arabic: إِمَـارَة ٱلْفُجَيْرَة Al-Fuǧaira MSA: /al fud͡ʒajra/ Emirati Arabic : [ɪl fʊd͡ʒe̞ːrä]) is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, the only on…
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Claim 7: “Envoys from Israel and Lebanon's government... met for two days in Washington”
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The specific detail about envoys meeting for two days in Washington is found in the South China Morning Post cross-reference, but other web results for this claim are irrelevant (Adidas shoes). While the ceasefire extension is corroborated, the specific 'two days' meeting detail is only explicitly confirmed by one source in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
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Claim 8: “Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire, which was set to expire Sunday”
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Multiple independent sources, including France 24 and the US State Department (via web search), confirm that Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend a ceasefire.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lebanon and Israel agreed on Friday to extend a ceasefire by 45 days despite a new flare-up in violence, the US State Department said after mediating talks in Washington.
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260515-israel-leba…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire ending a previous conflict in November 2024, after which Israel carried out near-daily attacks on targets and people allegedly linked to Hezbollah.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62kyk5j28do
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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Claim 9: “Israeli army strikes sites in Tyre area of southern Lebanon”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support or refute this specific claim.
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