Donald Trump Announces 10-Day Ceasefire Between Lebanon And Israel

Donald Trump announced a ten-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, saying in a message on Social Truth that “Ces deux dirigeants se sont accordés sur le fait que, pour parvenir à la PAIX entre leurs deux pays, ils commenceront formellement un cessez-le-feu de dix jours à partir de 17h00 (heure de Washington, NDLR)”.

“Airstrikes in Lebanon kill 17, and the United States urges a meeting between Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”

France 24

L’Humanité says the truce was “acté” on Thursday between Beyrouth and Tel-Aviv, with Israeli bombardments set to stop at 23 heures au Liban.

France 24

L’Humanité also reports that the Lebanese Ministry of Health put the death toll at “au moins à 2 167 morts” after “43 décès supplémentaires” in the previous 24 hours.

The Arab Weekly adds that Trump told reporters at the NATO Summit in Ankara that he expected Israel to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon, saying “Yeah, I think they’re going to. I think they want to,” despite comments from Benjamin Netanyahu indicating otherwise.

The Arab Weekly reports that the White House invited Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to visit the United States and meet Donald Trump on July 21, and it quotes the Lebanese Embassy in Washington saying the invitation “provides an opportunity for the two leaders to discuss issues of mutual interest, including bilateral relations, regional security”.

In the same period, L’Humanité says Trump promised a meeting next week at the Maison Blanche between Israeli and Lebanese leaders “pour les premières discussions constructives entre Israël et le Liban depuis 1983”.

L'Humanité

Islam تايمز frames the withdrawal dispute through Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, saying the framework agreement is contingent on conditions on the ground rather than a fixed schedule for “Israeli” withdrawal.

Islam تايمز also quotes Leiter’s position that “The focus of the agreement is the dismantling of Hezbollah, not 'Israel's' withdrawal,” linking the timetable to Lebanese army control south of the Litani River and Hezbollah’s armed presence.

Al-Modon reports that President Joseph Aoun met U.S. ambassador to Beirut Michel Issa and stressed “the need to cement a ceasefire in the south” while urging Israel to halt “bombing, shelling, and bulldozing” in towns and villages it occupies.

Al-Modon says Ambassador Issa explained that a U.S. military delegation will arrive in Beirut within days to coordinate and determine the on-the-ground mechanism of implementing the framework, adding that it is “essential not to have a vacuum as Israeli forces withdraw from the designated area.”

Les Echos says Trump announced a ten-day ceasefire to take effect tonight and that on the ground “bombs, missiles, and drones continued to rain down, even an hour before it took effect,” while the truce began at midnight local time after “a month and a half of conflict”.

Les Echos also reports that the ceasefire is set to be monitored on the ground and that Lebanese authorities pledged to prevent any Hezbollah attack on Israel during the ten days beginning at 21:00 GMT (23:00 Paris), with the UNIFIL mandate noted as expiring at the end of the year.