Talks between Israel and Lebanon began at the White House on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he, along with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the US's ambassadors to Israel and Lebanon, respectively, Mike Huckabee and Michel Issa, hosted the "High Ranking Representatives of Israel and Lebanon in the Oval Office."
"The Meeting went very well! The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah. The Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by THREE WEEKS," he wrote.
"I look forward in the near future to hosting the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, and the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun. It was a Great Honor to be a participant at this very Historic Meeting!" he concluded.
"I think this is a major, historic moment. We're going to extend the ceasefire for three weeks; that’s already in place between Israel and Lebanon. Of course, it would have happened without the President’s direct engagement," Vance commented following the meeting.
"The people of Lebanon and the people of Israel are neighbors, and they want to get along - and they can get along... The problem is not Lebanon; the problem is not Israel. The problem is Hezbollah," Huckabee said.
"We hope that together, under your leadership, we can formalize peace between Israel and Lebanon in the very near future," Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said.
Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh Mouawad first met last week, at talks hosted by Rubio.
As Thursday's talks were beginning, the IDF intercepted several rockets launched by Hezbollah terrorists towards Israel on Thursday night.
There were no injuries, the military confirmed.
The parties will discuss a Lebanese proposal to extend their 10-day ceasefire and a halt to Israeli demolition operations in villages and towns in southern Lebanon, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
“It will be a significant extension, not just for a few days,” the source told The Jerusalem Post.
First meeting was 'crushing victory over Hezbollah,' Ambassador Leiter says
After the first meeting, Leiter commented that it was "a crushing victory over Hezbollah."
"We are on the same side, we and the Lebanese, that the evil of Hezbollah must be eradicated. We are united in this need. We talked about possibilities, a vision for the long term, about how Lebanon can prosper, and what the border could look like when crossed in a swimsuit to vacation on the beaches of both countries," he said.
"We agreed that if the Hezbollah issue is set aside, the two countries could reach a peace agreement within two to three months. Lebanon and Israel could live under a peace agreement as early as tomorrow," Leiter told CBS News at the time.
Amichai Stein contributed to this report.