Israel to open direct talks with Lebanon but not halt attacks on Hezbollah

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country was ready for direct negotiations amid international calls for Israel to stop its bombing in Lebanon.

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April 9, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. EDT2 minutes ago

The aftermath of an airstrike in the Corniche al-Mazraa neighborhood of Beirut on Wednesday. (Guy Peterson/For The Washington Post)

JERUSALEM — While insisting that Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon would continue, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he had authorized direct talks with Lebanon focused on disarming Hezbollah and “the formalization of peaceful relations” between Israel and Lebanon.

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