Nosheen Iqbal

And this is subject to a couple of clauses.

One, that there is a pause in Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

And two, that Hezbollah also stopped attacking Israel.

Trump has posted that both countries are looking to do an immediate ceasefire.

So it's a delicate situation, to say the least.

As you said, Lebanon has been a sticking point throughout this war, but how important are the next few hours, days for peace?

Julian, thank you for making sense of what is quite a difficult situation to comprehend.

That's it for today.

My thanks to Julian Borger, The Guardian's senior international correspondent.

You can keep up with all of his reporting and live coverage of this story over at theguardian.com.

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