Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said, under a year-old ceasefire monitoring mechanism in the war with Hezbollah.The two sides met at the UN peacekeeping force's headquarters in Lebanon's Naqura near the border with Israel, as part of a mechanism to oversee the ceasefire that took hold in November 2024.Until now Israel and Lebanon, which have no formal diplomatic relations, had insisted on keeping military officers in the role.