Israel and Lebanon hold first direct talks in decades

The meeting comes under a US-brokered ceasefire between West Jerusalem and Hezbollah that has been in effect since November 2024

Israel and Lebanon have conducted their first direct talks in decades as part of a US-brokered ceasefire that ended the war between the Jewish State and the military group Hezbollah.

Civilian representatives from both sides met on Wednesday at the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force in Naqoura, Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, as cited by media. The meeting, held under a mechanism set up after the November 2024 truce, was the first to include civilian officials instead of solely…

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