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WASHINGTON – Following Thursday’s announcement of a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, President Donald Trump revealed that he may host leaders from both nations at the White House in the coming weeks.<\/p>

The president confirmed he had conversations with officials from both countries as the temporary truce was declared, while also indicating his administration is pursuing a more comprehensive agreement.<\/p>

“It’s very exciting. I think we’re going to have a deal where we’re going to have a meeting, first time in 44 years, and Lebanon will be meeting with Israel, and they’re probably going to do it at the White House over the next week or two,” Trump stated.<\/p>

The potential diplomatic gathering would represent the first face-to-face meeting between Lebanese and Israeli leadership in more than four decades, marking a significant development in Middle Eastern diplomacy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following a 10-day ceasefire announcement between Lebanon and Israel, President Trump revealed Thursday that leaders from both nations may meet at the White House within the next two weeks. The potential meeting would mark the first such gathering between the two countries in over four decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":53232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776370991918.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-dQB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53478,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-announces-historic-israel-lebanon-leader-meeting-after-34-year-gap-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":53233,"position":0},"title":"Trump Announces Historic Israel-Lebanon Leader Meeting After 34-Year Gap","author":"Admin","date":"April 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"President Trump announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun are scheduled to meet Thursday in what would be the first direct conversation between leaders of the two nations in over three decades. 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