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Trump says leaders of Lebanon and Israel could meet in next three weeks

AL-MONITOR
Apr 23, 2026
A man checks a book that was found among rubble as he cleans an apartment in a building damaged by an Israeli strike, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Tyre, April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
A man checks a book that was found among rubble as he cleans an apartment in a building damaged by an Israeli strike, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Tyre, April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra — Zohra Bensemra

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the leaders of Lebanon and Israel could meet at the White House during the next three weeks - the period for which a ceasefire between the two countries has been extended.

Trump also told reporters that Iran will have to cut funding for Lebanon's Hezbollah.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland; editing by Michelle Nichols)