BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president said Monday that his country and Israel should negotiate to solve pending problems between them since war didn’t lead to any positive results.

The comments by President Joseph Aoun came after U.S. counterpart Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the more than two-year war, which started when the Palestinian militant group led an attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage.

A day after the Israel-Hamas war began, Lebanon’s Hezbollah started attacking Israeli military posts along the border in what it called a “backup front” for Gaza. The Israel-Hezbollah conflict intensified into full-blown fighting nearly a year later, during which the Lebanese group suffered heavy losses and many of its

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