A man uses a broom to sweep broken glass inside a classroom at an elementary school, near a Byzantine church, which was damaged after a barrage of projectiles was launched towards Israel from Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, on April 10, 2026.
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Lebanon’s presidency said that Lebanon and Israel held their first contact via a telephone call between their ambassadors in Washington on Friday (April 10, 2026), with the participation of the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon.
The statement said the call was part of diplomatic efforts aimed at securing a ceasefire and launching negotiations, adding that the two sides agreed to hold a first meeting on Tuesday (April14, 2026) at the U.S. State Department under U.S. mediation.
Published – April 11, 2026 01:54 am IST
