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Alicia Civita

Inside the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire announced by Trump: When it starts, what it includes, and why it is historic

AFP footage showed orange plumes of smoke rising over the densely populated suburb in Hezbollah's main bastion of south Beirut (Credit: AFP)

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, a potentially major diplomatic breakthrough in a war that has widened the fallout from the broader regional conflict with Iran and pushed the two longtime enemies into their most direct political engagement in decades.

According to Trump, the truce is set today April 16 to begin at 5 p.m. Eastern.

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