US-brokered 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon goes into effect

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 17, 2026 · 667 words · By Malek Fouda

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What to know about Ceasefire conditions

US President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, mediated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. While the agreement aims to pause hostilities, tensions remain as Israel maintains a security zone within Lebanese territory and Hezbollah asserts its right to resist the occupation.

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What happened

Trump extended an invitation to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold the first direct meeting at that level in decades.

Why it matters

US President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday that could pause hostilities in the country after weeks of Israeli attacks and ground operations, and could boost attempts to extend the ceasefire between Iran, the United States and…

Common ground

Israel has not been fighting with Lebanon itself, but rather with the Iran-backed Hezbollah group inside the country, who were not formally part of the agreement.

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Claim 1: “The agreement came after a meeting between Israel's and Lebanon’s ambassadors in Washington and a flurry of subsequent phone calls from Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio”

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Claim 2: “Israeli troops on the ground, who had occupied swathes of southern territory to establish a “security zone”, would not withdraw.”

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Both BBC News and the Israel Policy Forum confirm that Israel would not remove troops from southern Lebanon and would maintain a security zone.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict

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web search NEUTRAL — However, Israel has said it will not be removing troops from southern Lebanon while Hezbollah has stressed the deal would be contingent on "a comprehensive halt to attacks across all Lebanese territor…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c20dd5ynxz9t

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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon on April 16 froze the advancement of Israeli ground forces, yet left Israel in control of a security zone stretching up to 10 kilometers deep int…
https://israelpolicyforum.org/2026/05/12/whats-at-stake-in-t…

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Claim 3: “The deal however asserted that Israel otherwise “will not carry out any offensive military operations against Lebanese targets, including civilian, military, and other state targets.””

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No evidence was provided or found in the search results to confirm or deny the specific wording regarding the prohibition of offensive military operations against Lebanese targets.

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Claim 4: “The deal fell apart during Lebanon’s civil war and was formally rescinded a year later.”

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Claim 5: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he agreed to the ceasefire “to advance” peace efforts with Lebanon”

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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of generic Wikipedia entries for the name 'Benjamin' and paint companies, which are irrelevant. No evidence in the provided set confirms Netanyahu's specific quote about 'advancing peace efforts'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Benjamin (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין, Bīnyāmīn 'Son of (the) right') [2] was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twelfth and youngest son overall in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tra…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin

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web search NEUTRAL — May 13, 2025 · Explore Benjamin Moore's premium paint colors and products for your next interior or exterior project.
https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 1, 2024 · Benjamin in the Old Testament was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and the founder of one of the southern tribes of the Hebrews. He was originally named בֶּן־אוֹנִי (Ben-ʾoni) meani…
https://www.behindthename.com/name/benjamin

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Claim 6: “according to the agreement, Israel reserves the right to defend itself “at any time, against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks.””

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Multiple sources confirm the agreement allows Israel to defend itself against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel says it will keep troops in Lebanon. Israel’s hard-line Defense Minister Israel Katz warned on Friday that Israel plans to respect the ceasefire even though attempts to completely disarm Hezbol…
https://www.wvlt.tv/2026/04/17/10-day-ceasefire-lebanon-goes…

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web search NEUTRAL — The current ceasefire agreement states that Israel should refrain from "offensive" operations against targets in Lebanon. However, the country is allowed to defend itself against planned, imminent or …
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/international/trump-announces…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel reserves right to defend itself.Israel’s military said it was looking into reports of shelling and artillery fire in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah kept firing rockets at northern Israeli towns an…
https://religionnews.com/2026/04/17/a-10-day-ceasefire-agree…

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Claim 7: “Trump extended an invitation to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold the first direct meeting at that level in decades.”

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Multiple web search results confirm Trump's invitation to President Joseph Aoun and PM Netanyahu for joint talks, including a direct quote from Trump and reports on the US Embassy's conditions.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire to the 2026 Iran war and Hezbollah signalling a pause in attacks against Israel according to the ceasefire, Israel launched what it descr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_April_2026_Israeli_attacks_o…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of political endorsements issued by Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, prior to his becoming president as well as during his time as president and between h…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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Claim 8: ““I just had excellent conversations with the Highly Respected President Joseph Aoun, of Lebanon, and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel... they will formally begin a 10 Day CEASEFIRE at 5 P.M. EST,” wrote Trump in a post on Truth Social.”

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While the specific Truth Social quote is not fully reproduced in the provided snippets, multiple news sources (Krdo, Al Jazeera, CNBC) confirm the exact details of the announcement: a 10-day ceasefire starting at 5 p.m. ET on April 16.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truth Social is an American alt-tech social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American company majority-owned by US president Donald Trump. It has been called a "Twitte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during th…
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Claim 9: “US President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday”

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Five independent news sources (Al Jazeera, Krdo, CNBC, RT News, The Hindu) and Wikipedia all confirm that President Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Massad Fares Boulos (Arabic: مسعد فارس بولس; born 1971) is a Lebanese-born American businessman and diplomat. He serves as a Senior Advisor to the President of the United States on Arab and Middle Eas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massad_Boulos

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire is a temporary cessation of hostilities agreed between Israel and Lebanon on 16 April 2026, amid the ongoing 2026 Lebanon war and wider regional conflict linked to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israel–Lebanon_ceasefire

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Claim 10: “Lebanon and Israel signed an agreement in 1983 saying Lebanon would formally recognise Israel, and Israel would in turn withdraw from Lebanon.”

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Claim 11: “They were the first direct diplomatic talks between the two countries in decades.”

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Claim 12: “Israel has not been fighting with Lebanon itself, but rather with the Iran-backed Hezbollah group inside the country”

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Wikipedia and Council on Foreign Relations explicitly state that the conflict is between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah, and that Hezbollah is the dominant military force in Lebanon.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and counter-attacks betw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War

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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…

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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war

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Claim 13: “Netanyahu, in his video address, said it will extend 10 kilometres into Lebanon.”

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The Israel Policy Forum specifically mentions a security zone stretching up to 10 kilometers deep into Lebanese territory.

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Claim 14: “A Hezbollah official said the ceasefire was a result of Iran’s negotiations with Washington, in which Iran had insisted Lebanon be included in its own ceasefire, and came about through efforts by mediator Pakistan”

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Claim 15: “The US State Department, whose chief – Marco Rubio – mediated the talks”

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Wikipedia and official cabinet listings confirm Marco Rubio is the US Secretary of State as of 2025. Web search results confirm his role in mediating talks in Washington DC.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire that was due to expire on Sunday by 45 days, the US said, after direct talks in Washington DC concluded, despite ongoing Israeli attacks and ceasef…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/lebanon-talks-israe…

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web search NEUTRAL — Marco Rubio. Secretary of State.Marco Rubio is the son of two hardworking immigrants from Cuba. His father worked as a banquet bartender, and his mother balanced caring for the family at home while wo…
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/

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web search NEUTRAL — Marco Antonio Rubio is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat serving since 2025 as the 72nd United States secretary of state. He is also the acting national security advisor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio

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Claim 16: “Israel and Lebanon have technically been at war since Israel was established in 1948”

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Claim 17: “Trump also invited the leaders of Israel and Lebanon to the White House for what he said would be “the first meaningful talks" between the countries since 1983.”

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