{"id":21159,"date":"2026-05-16T03:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21159"},"modified":"2026-05-16T03:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:49:31","slug":"lebanon-and-israel-agree-to-extend-ceasefire-for-another-45-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/05\/16\/lebanon-and-israel-agree-to-extend-ceasefire-for-another-45-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon and Israel agree to extend ceasefire for another 45 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: U.S. State Department officials have announced that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended for an additional 45 days.<br>Reuters reported on Friday night, citing State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott, that the truce agreement between Tel Aviv and Beirut had been prolonged following two days of talks hosted by the United States in Washington.<br>According to the report, Israeli and Lebanese delegations agreed to the extension after negotiations aimed at preserving the ceasefire.<br>Pigott wrote on X: \u201cThe halt in hostilities, which began on April 16, would continue for another 45 days to create space for further progress.\u201d<br>The U.S. State Department spokesman described the talks between the Israeli and Lebanese delegations as \u201chighly constructive.\u201d<br>Both sides also agreed to continue negotiations during the newly extended ceasefire period.<br>The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, which mainly involved clashes between Israeli forces and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah movement, had been due to expire on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: U.S. State Department officials have announced that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended for an additional 45 days.Reuters reported on Friday night, citing State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott, that the truce agreement between Tel Aviv and Beirut had been prolonged following two days of talks hosted by the United States in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21171,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159\/revisions\/21171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}