{"id":963,"date":"2026-04-16T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=963"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:07:00","slug":"donald-trump-diplomatic-explosion-in-the-middle-east-possible-ceasefire-in-lebanon-within-hours-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=963","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump: diplomatic &#8220;explosion&#8221; in the Middle East &#8211; Possible ceasefire in Lebanon within hours (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n<p> <b>Donald Trump reportedly had a phone call<\/b> with the <b>president of Lebanon<\/b>, with information <b>about a possible immediate ceasefire<\/b> and developments <b>in the conflict<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>At <b>a critical and rapidly evolving diplomatic juncture<\/b> in the <b>Middle East<\/b>, new <b>international reports bring to the fore possible developments<\/b> that could change <b>the balance in the wider Lebanese region<\/b>. According to <b>reports from Arab and Israeli media<\/b>, there was a <b>high-level phone call between Donald Trump<\/b> and <b>the President of Lebanon<\/b>, on <b>the efforts to de-escalate tensions<\/b> and the prospect of an <b>immediate ceasefire<\/b>. Reports <b>have suggested possible announcements in the next few hours<\/b>, which <b>has caused intense activity in diplomatic circles<\/b>, while at <b>the parties involved<\/b> are currently <b>holding a wait-and-see stance, <b>with no official confirmation of final decisions<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Telephone <b>conversation with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun<\/b> was held by <b>Donald Trump, according to media reports<\/b> in <b>Lebanon and the Arab world<\/b>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\"><script type=\"module\" src=\"https:\/\/player.glomex.com\/integration\/1\/integration.js\"><\/script> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/player.glomex.com\/variant\/40599z1imnh94wfz\/variant.css\"> <glomex-integration integration-id=\"40599z1imnh94wfz\" playlist-id=\"v-dhuhhrfj2fgx\"> <\/glomex-integration><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>A ceasefire is expected in the coming hours<\/h3>\n<p>According to a report by the Qatari TV network Al-Araby, Trump reportedly informed Aoun that a ceasefire in Lebanon is expected to be announced in the coming hours, effectively confirming a Haaretz report that the Israeli military has been told to prepare for a ceasefire, which is expected to take effect as of 7 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Lebanon&#8217;s president thanked Trump for his efforts to &#8220;ensure lasting peace and stability,&#8221; his office in X said after a telephone conversation between the two leaders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He expressed the desire to continue these efforts to end the conflict as soon as possible,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trump responded by expressing his support for President Aoun and Lebanon, and stressing his commitment to meet the Lebanese demand for a ceasefire as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Lebanon-Israel talks a serious mistake, says Hezbollah<\/h3>\n<p>At the same time, Hezbollah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan told AFP that the Lebanese government&#8217;s decision to enter into direct negotiations with Israel is a &#8220;serious mistake.&#8221; He argued that Beirut should not make concessions to Israel and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Direct negotiations with the enemy are a great sin and a serious mistake&#8230; they serve no interest of the country,&#8221; Hajj Hassan said from his office in parliament, calling on the authorities to stop &#8220;this series of useless concessions.&#8221;     <\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump reportedly had a phone call with the president of Lebanon, with information about a possible immediate ceasefire and developments in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}