{"id":334867,"date":"2026-04-15T09:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/caught-between-israel-and-hezbollah-how-feasable-is-a-lebanon-ceasefire-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:01:07","slug":"caught-between-israel-and-hezbollah-how-feasable-is-a-lebanon-ceasefire-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/caught-between-israel-and-hezbollah-how-feasable-is-a-lebanon-ceasefire-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught between Israel and Hezbollah: How feasable is a Lebanon ceasefire? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/mQ7El7y1_y8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Caught between Israel and Hezbollah: How feasable is a Lebanon ceasefire? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQ7El7y1_y8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Israeli ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, and his Lebanese counterpart, Nada Hamadeh, have met in Washington D.C. for the first direct diplomatic talks between the two countries since 1993. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who mediated the negotiations, has called them a &quot;historic opportunity.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Israel continued to attack Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. The militant group also fired rockets into northern Israel. We spoke with Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics, for his assessment.<\/p>\n<p>00:25 Israel&#8217;s ambassador to the US optimistic<br \/>\n01:15 Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics<br \/>\n01:27 Israel\u2013Lebanon talks: A big moment, limited impact?<br \/>\n03:00 Where does Hezbollah stand?<br \/>\n03:28 How diplomatic engangement with Israel is seen in Lebanon<br \/>\n03:55 Netanyahu willing to withdraw troops?<br \/>\n04:10 Lebanon&#8217;s domestic stability on the brink?<br \/>\n05:05 Can Lebanon cast off Hezbollah?<br \/>\n06:55 Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon<br \/>\n07:53 Lebanon and the Iran war<br \/>\n09:05 What does it take for Israel to agree to a ceasefire in Lebanon?<br \/>\n10:10 US pressure drives talks<br \/>\n11:52 Will the Israel-Lebanon conflict hold up US-Iran negotiations?<br \/>\n13:11 Iran&#8217;s proxies in the Middle East really diminished?<\/p>\n<p>#dwcurrentaffairs #lebanon #hezbollah <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, and his Lebanese counterpart, Nada Hamadeh, have met in Washington D.C. for the first direct diplomatic talks between the two countries since 1993. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who mediated the negotiations, has called them a &quot;historic opportunity.&quot; Despite this, Israel continued to attack Hezbollah positions in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[129901,129378,150247],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-334867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-ambassador","tag-israeli","tag-yechiel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Caught between Israel and Hezbollah: How feasable is a Lebanon ceasefire? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Caught between Israel and Hezbollah: How feasable is a Lebanon ceasefire? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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