Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by 3 weeks as tensions rise in Strait of Hormuz

World Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by 3 weeks as tensions rise in Strait of Hormuz April 24, 20267:59 AM ET By  NPR Staff (L-R) US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israel Ambassador to US Yechiel Leiter, US Vice President JD Vance, US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lebanon Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa listen to questions from the media during a meeting with Lebanon Ambassador to the US and Israel Ambassador to the US, at the White House in Washington, DC on April 23, 2026. US President Donald Trump met Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a shaky ceasefire set to expire. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Israel's military said Friday it struck several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon after the Iran-backed militant group fired into Israel, a day after President Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks. The extension was announced at the White House on Thursday, where ambassadors from both countries met for high-level negotiations. Hezbollah was not involved in the talks. But the ceasefire appeared fragile from the start. Hezbollah's latest rocket fire into northern Israel came after an Israeli airstrike killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil Wednesday while she was reporting in southern Lebanon. Khalil's death makes her the eighth journalist killed by Israel in Lebanon in the past two months, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Sponsor Message The conflict in Lebanon has killed nearly 2,300 people, according to the Lebanese government, and displaced roughly 1.2 million. The Lebanon ceasefire is also tied to broader U.S. efforts to extend a separate ceasefire with Iran. Iran has insisted that the fighting in Lebanon remain paused in order to continue peace talk...