Lebanon will ask in talks with Israel on Thursday to extend the truce for a month

Lebanon intends to request, during the talks expected tomorrow, Thursday, with the Israeli side in Washington, an extension of the ceasefire for a month, according to what an official source told AFP on Wednesday.

The source said without revealing his identity, “Lebanon will request an extension of the truce for a month, and for Israel to stop bombing and destruction operations in the areas where it is present, and to adhere to the ceasefire,” which took effect on Friday for ten days, and came after a meeting between the ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel in Washington, the first between the two countries in decades.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, for his part, announced on Wednesday that “contacts are underway to extend the ceasefire deadline, and I will spare no effort to end the abnormal conditions that Lebanon is currently experiencing,” at a time when Israeli forces continue to carry out demolition operations of residential units in several towns in southern Lebanon.