Lebanon, Israel to meet for tough talks in Washington

WASHINGTON — Lebanese and Israeli representatives are scheduled to meet in Washington Tuesday for US-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon, but the prospects of an agreement appear slim. Naim Qassem — the leader of pro-Iran Hezbollah, which is battling Israel — called for the talks to be scrapped before they even began, describing them as “futile.” Lebanon was pulled into the region-wide Iran war on March 2 after Hezbollah attacked Israel. READ: Germany’s Merz urges Netanyahu to end Lebanon fighting Since then Israeli strikes — including an extremely heavy attack on Beirut on April 8 — have killed […]... Keep on reading: Lebanon, Israel to meet for tough talks in Washington

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