Lebanese in Beirut expressed their scepticism on Friday (April 24), hours after an extension to a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon was announced by the U.S.

A resident said he wished for any ceasefire to be permanent adding that ‘everything is solved through talking’.

'They killed three people in Shoukin, and they killed Amal Khalil in al-Tayri...is this called a ceasefire?' said a Beirut newsstand owner.

Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire for three weeks at a meeting at the White House brokered by President Donald Trump, who said he was prepared to wait for "the best deal" to end his conflict with Iran.

Fighting between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has been one of a number of sticking points to resolving the wider eight-week regional conflict, along with Iran's nuclear ambitions and control of the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said he was in no rush to reach a peace agreement and wanted it to be "everlasting," while continuing to assert that the U.S. had a clear upper hand in the naval stand-off in the strait.

Production: Haider Kadhim, Chiara Rodriquez, Raghed Waked/Reuters