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The leaders of Israel and Lebanon have agreed a 10-day ceasefire from from 17:00 EST (21:00 GMT; midnight local time), Donald Trump says.
For the past six weeks, Israel and Hezbollah - an Iran-backed armed group - have been fighting in southern Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel's participation in the truce, but said troops would maintain a 10km-deep (6.2 mile) "security zone" in the country's south, adding: "We are there, and we are not leaving."
Hezbollah appeared willing to participate in the truce, but said it must include "a comprehensive halt to attacks across all Lebanese territory" and "no freedom of movement for Israeli forces".
The armed group - which is also a political movement in Lebanon - said it was retaliating for the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
More than 2,000 people in Lebanon have been killed in the war to date, with more than a million - or roughly a fifth of the population - displaced. An estimated 37,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged. Israel says Hezbollah attacks have killed two civilians in Israel, and that 13 Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat in Lebanon.
Israel and Lebanon held rare direct talks in Washington this week aimed at easing the conflict, which has seen deadly air strikes on parts of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Israel is not in conflict with Lebanon's armed forces.
Announcing the planned ceasefire, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he would also be inviting Netanyahu and Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun to the White House "for the first meaningful talks between Israel and Lebanon since 1983", during the Lebanese Civil War.
"I think we will have an agreement between Lebanon and they're going to take care of Hezbollah, but they're going to be working on Hezbollah right now," he told reporters outside the White House later on Thursday.
"But we'll have an agreement between Israel, very importantly, and Lebanon."
Trump said he expected Netanyahu and Aoun to arrive in the US for talks "over the next week or two".
While the ceasefire may pause the fighting, the central question of the future of Hezbollah's weaponry remains unresolved.
Lebanese authorities have long argued that disarming Hezbollah cannot be imposed by force and would require negotiation with the group.
A previous ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah - ending 13 months of conflict - still saw near-daily cross-border strikes.
Israel re-entered southern Lebanon after Hezbollah strikes in early March, creating a buffer zone it said was necessary to protect communities in northern Israel.
Netanyahu called the planned ceasefire with Lebanon an "opportunity to make a historic peace agreement" - but said Israeli forces needed to remain in southern Lebanon to "block the danger of invasion".
Disarming Hezbollah - was one of the fundamental demands Israel will have in further talks with the Lebanese government, he said in a televised address on Thursday evening.
Netanyahu said Hezbollah had insisted on Israeli troops withdrawing completely from Lebanese territory, and a "quiet for quiet" format to the truce.
"I agreed to neither the former nor the latter. And indeed, these two conditions are not being met," he said.
At least 2,196 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since the fighting began, including 260 women and 172 children, according to the Lebanese health ministry, whose figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
Israeli authorities say Hezbollah attacks have killed two civilians in Israel and that 13 Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat in Lebanon.
Additional reporting by David Gritten
