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Informist, Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026

 

--US Trump: Israel, Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire 

 

MUMBAI – US President Donald Trump late Thursday said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, starting 0230 IST Friday. Trump said he had an "excellent" conversation with Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Leaders of the two countries met for the first time in 34 years in Washington, D.C. with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump said in a Truth Social post.

 

"I have directed Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Rubio, together with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Razin' Caine, to work with Israel and Lebanon to achieve a Lasting PEACE," Trump said. "It has been my Honor to solve 9 Wars across the World, and this will be my 10th, so let's, GET IT DONE!," the US president's social media post read.  End

 

Reported by Eshitva Prakash

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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