President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon will extend their ceasefire by three weeks, a move that creates space to work on a long-term deal and removes a roadblock to ending the US war with Iran. Trump announced the deal in a social-media post after meeting Israeli and Lebanese envoys in the Oval Office on Thursday. He said he would host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanon President Joseph Aoun in the near future. “The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah,” Trump said without giving details on what that would entail. The ceasefire had ... (full story)