Israel and Hezbollah Renew Ceasefire After Flare-Up Threatens To Derail Talks

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Israel and Hezbollah have renewed their ceasefire following a deadly escalation in Lebanon that threatened to derail Middle East peace talks. The first round of US-Iran follow-up talks scheduled to begin in Switzerland on Friday were called off after more than 50 people were killed in an exchange of strikes in Lebanon.

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00:00Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to renew their ceasefire after another round of deadly violence in Lebanon threatened to derail

00:08Middle East peace talks.

00:10U.S.-Iran talks scheduled for Friday in Switzerland were called off after Israel and then Iran-backed Hezbollah exchange strikes,

00:18killing more than 50 people.

00:20Negotiators from the U.S., Iran and Qatar helped broker this latest ceasefire.

00:25Media reports say Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is in Switzerland and may open the next round of talks

00:31in place of the expected U.S. lead negotiator, Vice President J.D. Vance.

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