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Israeli and Lebanese officials will meet in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to continue the dialogue they started last week about ending the war that has engulfed their countries. An Israeli official confirmed to the Washington Examiner that delegations will be led by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.

According to sources quoted by Axios, the talks, which will take place amid fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and a wide-ranging Israeli ground invasion in southern Lebanon, are going to focus on the possibility of a ceasefire and on longer term disarming of Hezbollah, along with a peace deal between the countries.

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Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut for the first time since agreeing to the ceasefire with Lebanon in mid-April, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the airstrikes in a joint statement on Wednesday,