Iran Threatens To End Ceasefire Over Hezbollah Inclusion

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

It was a historic moment in Washington D.C. as Israel and Lebanon held their first face to face talks in more than 30 years. The meeting takes place as there seems to be a growing voice among Lebanon's politicians that it is finally the time to disarm the Hezbollah terror group. The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah appears to be a dealbreaker for Iran’s regime who is threatening to potentially end the ceasefire over including the dismantling of Hezbollah. FOX’s Eben Brown speaks with Jonathan Elkhoury, activist and Christian who had to flee Lebanon and now lives in Israel, who says these talks have a great potential to bring peace, and shares his life's story of living in both nations. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Shannon Bream.
0:04.5	I'm Tom Shaloo.
0:05.6	I'm Maria Barturomo, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:11.5	Wednesday, April 15th, 2026.
0:14.5	I'm Evan Brown.
0:15.9	Ambassadors from both Israel and Lebanon sit at the same table to start discussing how to deal with Hezbollah.
0:24.0	Could it lead to peace?
0:25.5	They basically broke this taboo that has been for years in Lebanon, the denial or the disagreement of even speaking to the Israelis,
0:36.1	and yet we saw this face-to-face meeting.
0:38.8	This is the Fox News Rundown Operation Epic Fury.
0:48.8	Hezbollah has existed in Lebanon since the early 1980s, Arabic for the Party of God.
0:55.7	Hezbollah's propaganda tells you they are a resistance movement formed initially to
0:59.9	repel the Israeli invasion of 1982.
1:03.0	But they are, in truth, a terrorist paramilitary and proxy of the Islamist Republic of Iran,
1:10.2	one that is directed by Iran's Islamist rulers,
1:13.5	funded by them.
1:14.6	Only recently has Iran overtly stated they plan to provide Hezbollah in Lebanon diplomatic cover
1:19.8	by demanding that Iran's current ceasefire with the U.S.
1:23.7	include Israel withholding from striking Hezbollah in Lebanon.
1:28.0	But while Hezbollah seemed to exert control over Lebanon's government,
1:32.5	it could just be that the sentiment is changed.
1:35.9	There is a growing voice among Lebanese politicians
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