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President Trump's senior officials say the U.S. would "welcome" an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire but have not asked Israel for one and have decoupled the Lebanon track from parallel Iran nuclear negotiations, leaving the Trump administration in a hosting rather than mediating role. Direct ambassadorial talks convened by Secretary Rubio mark the first major Israel-Lebanon engagement since 1993, but substantial gaps remain over the sequencing of Israeli withdrawal and Hezbollah disarmament, even as Lebanese deaths exceed 2,000 since March 2026 and World Bank-assessed damages reach $14 billion.