Israel-Lebanon Peace Talks Resume

The current truce is set to expire on Sunday, and Beirut is seeking a formal extension despite ongoing Israeli strikes that killed five people, including a journalist, this week.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has insisted that any permanent deal requires a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the newly established 'yellow line' buffer zone.

Israeli officials maintain that Hezbollah remains the primary obstacle to normalization and must be removed from the border region.

The talks are a rare instance of direct diplomatic engagement between the two neighbors, whose relationship has been defined by decades of hostility.