Israel Issues Two-Week Deadline for Lebanon Talks Amid Escalation Warning
According to an Israeli public broadcaster on Wednesday, Israeli officials have set what they described as a “limited timeframe” of no more than two weeks to achieve what they consider a “real agreement” between the two sides.
The report said Israel has tied the current ceasefire arrangement—already extended until mid-May—to meaningful progress in negotiations within that short period.
“We cannot wait indefinitely… we will give negotiations only an additional two weeks,” the broadcaster quoted an unnamed Israeli official as saying.
The broadcaster added that Israeli assessments suggest that if no concrete progress is made within the deadline, hostilities could resume, potentially accompanied by intensified military operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
The broadcaster also reported that the US is working to facilitate a direct meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun within the same two-week window, although doubts remain on both sides about the feasibility of such a high-level encounter.
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