Israel carried out fresh strikes Friday after President Trump's announcement. Hezbollah called the ceasefire "meaningless."

President Trump said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a three-week extension to a cease-fire. Hezbollah did not comment on the announcement.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading the ambassador-level negotiations, but it remains unclear whether the administration will push for a permanent resolution.

Civilians in Beirut tell NBC News they’re relieved over the three-week extension of the ceasefire with Israel but seek lasting peace.

A man checks a book that was found among rubble as he cleans an apartment in a building damaged by an Israeli strike, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Tyre,. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra WASHINGTON,

Israel and Lebanon have extended their fragile ceasefire. CBS News' Courtney Kealy reports.

Israel on Friday shelled a town in southern Lebanon and conducted additional aerial raids in the country, according to Al Jazeera, sending the death toll to 2,491 and the number of wounded to 7,719 since the conflict began there on March 2.

Lebanon and Israel were set to begin a second session of direct talks in Washington on Thursday to discuss the possibility of extending a truce between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and plans for future negotiations between the two neighbors with a long history of hostile relations.