President Donald Trump said April 16 that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire that would pause fighting between the Israeli military and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group operating in Lebanon.
The truce will take effect at 5 p.m. ET, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. He said he had an “excellent conversation” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
President Donald J. Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 16, 2026
"It has been my Honor to solve 9 Wars across the World, and this will be my 10th, so let's, GET IT DONE!" pic.twitter.com/YujXwyUReM
“These two Leaders have agreed that in order to achieve PEACE between their Countries, they will formally begin a 10 Day CEASEFIRE at 5 P.M. EST,” Trump wrote.
Trump added that he has asked Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine to work with both countries on a longer-term peace deal. In a follow-up post, he said he plans to invite Netanyahu and Aoun to the White House “for the first meaningful talks between Israel and Lebanon since 1983.”
“Both sides want to see PEACE, and I believe that will happen, quickly!” Trump wrote in the post.
The announcement comes days after Rubio met with Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors at the White House April 14 for diplomatic talks.
The latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict began shortly after the U.S.-Israeli initial strikes against Iran when Hezbollah opened fire in support of Tehran on March 2, Reuters reported. In response, Israel carried out strikes in southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs, and the Bekaa Valley, triggering widespread displacement and deaths.
According to the United Nations (UN), more than 1.2 million people in Lebanon have been forced to leave their homes, and more than a thousand have been killed. The UN also warned in its April 14 statement that the humanitarian situation in Lebanon is “grave,” as more than 140,000 people are sheltering in 680 crowded sites and “people are struggling to meet their basic needs.”
The announcement raises hope that the broader Iran war may be nearing an end. Iran had initially demanded that Israel halt its strikes on Hezbollah as part of the two-week ceasefire with the U.S.
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