Tel Aviv, April 16 -- Israel's security cabinet member on Thurday said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netantayahu is set to talk to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, according to Israel's army radio.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon are set to hold "historic" talks, marking the first high-level engagement between the two sides in over three decades.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the move is aimed at easing long-standing tensions between the two countries amid hostilities between the two sides, particularly between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, despite a ceasefire imposed to halt the conflict in West Asia.

"Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon. It has be...