State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler speaks as Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, attend a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations hosted by the United States, after the Trump administration said Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, at the State Department in Washington on June 3, 2026. Nathan Howard/Reuters
Israel and Lebanon announced Wednesday they had agreed to implement a ceasefire.
The deal, reached after negotiations in Washington, depends on a full stop to attacks by the Hezbollah terrorist group and the withdrawal of all its fighters from the area south of the Litani River.
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.
