<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="http://9news.com.au/israel" rel="" target="" title="Israel"><span>Israel</span></a><span> and </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/lebanon" rel="" target="" title="Lebanon"><span>Lebanon</span></a><span> have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> President </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> has announced, two days after the countries held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The truce that Trump said was scheduled to begin at 5pm Eastern Time (7am Friday AEST) follows more than a month of war between </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/israel-iran-conflict" rel="" target="" title="Israel and the Iran"><span>Israel and the Iran</span></a><span>-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lebanon has insisted on a ceasefire to stop the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah before engaging in more talks, while vowing to commit to disarming the group.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/road-rage-incident-gold-coast-woman-on-bonnet/de14cd7c-7bff-4de3-8bd6-78a9c3419e8b"><strong><span>'Go on, you stupid dog': Driver refuses to stop</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president invited the leaders of Israel and Lebanon to the White House for what he said would be "the first meaningful talks" between the countries since 1983.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Both sides want to see PEACE, and I believe that will happen, quickly," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lebanon and Israel signed an agreement in 1983 saying Lebanon would formally recognise Israel, and Israel would withdraw from Lebanon. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-donald-trump-says-israel-lebanon-agree-10-day-ceasefire/5e23263b-d1d9-49c1-a5f0-f4377cd5b473" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The deal fell apart during Lebanon's civil war and was formally rescinded a year later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump said the pause in fighting followed "excellent" conversations with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em><span></span></div></div>