(L–R) U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israel Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. .President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lebanon Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa listen to questions from the media during a meeting with Lebanon Ambassador to the United States and Israel Ambassador to the United States at the White House on April 23, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on April 23 that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended for three weeks, after an Oval Office meeting with envoys of both governments, as well as his senior national security team.
The extension extends a 10-day truce brokered by the Trump administration on April 16, which was set to expire at the end of the week.
Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.
