Lebanon and Israel held their first direct talks involving civilian representatives in decades on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, as part of a U.S.-chaired ceasefire monitoring committee meeting. However, Lebanese officials emphasized that these were not peace negotiations and did not signal a path to normalization of relations.

The meeting took place at the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL in Naqoura, Lebanon, near the border with Israel along the Blue Line. The session was part of the existing mechanism to oversee the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

For the first time, both nations sent civilian envoys in addition to military officers. Lebanon was represented by Simon Karam, a lawyer and former ambassador to the U.S., while Israel sent Uri Resnick, an

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