Middle East crisis live: Trump says Israel and Lebanon to hold talks Thursday; US hits Iran’s oil sector with new sanctions

Israeli minister says pair to speak after ‘many years of total disconnect’ but reports say that Lebanese were not aware of plans first outlined by Trump

US and Iran in indirect talks to extend two-week ceasefire

A member of Israel’s security cabinet, Galia Gamliel, said the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will speak to the Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, today, according to Israeli media.

The conversation will take place “after so many years of a total disconnect in the dialogue between the two states, and this move will hopefully, in the end, lead to prosperity”, she told the Israeli Army Radio, the Times of Israel reported.