Lebanon, Israel to resume rare direct talks in US

Rescue teams use diggers to remove the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike, in the southern Lebanese village of Hanaouay, on Wednesday. Pic/AFP

Lebanon and Israel were set to begin a second session of direct talks in Washington on Thursday to discuss the possibility of extending a truce between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and plans for future negotiations between the neighbours.

The meeting between Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and her Israeli counterpart Yechiel Leiter is the second between the two diplomats, days after they held the first such direct talks between the two countries in three decades.

Lebanon President Joseph Aoun said on Wednesday that contacts are ongoing to extend the 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect on Friday.

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