President Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire that starts today.
The 10-day ceasefire is meant to pave the way for a longer-lasting peace deal here.
What U.S. Officials are saying is that Lebanon now has this once-in-a-generation opportunity
to break Hezbollah's stranglehold over its government.
Plus, the president says the U.S.
Could have discussions with Iran this weekend.
At the same time, the U.S. Military is expanding its blockade.
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President Trump said Israel and Lebanon have reached a 10-day ceasefire agreement that begins this evening.
Trump added that he has invited leaders from both countries for peace talks at the White House.
Robbie Grammer, a national security reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins us now to discuss.
So Trump says the ceasefire is going into effect today.
What do Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah say about it?
Well, this is an agreement that Trump, it sounds like, pushed both Israel and the Lebanese government into.
Both the Lebanese government and Israel has said that they abide by the ceasefire.
But of course, the big question here is Hezbollah.
The whole through line of these peace talks against the backdrop of what 's going on with Iran is that the Lebanese government