Trump says Israel won’t attack Lebanon after call with Netanyahu
Trump's Lebanon statement follows a call with Netanyahu, as the US President claimed Hezbollah agreed to halt attacks on Israel.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. US President Donald Trump on Monday said that Israel will not send troops to Lebanon after holding a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump further added that he also spoke with Iran-aligned Lebanese militia group Hezbollah through intermediaries and said they have agreed to not attack Tel Aviv.
Trump announced the development through a post on Truth Social after holding a call with Netanyahu as Israeli military made its deepest incursion into Lebanon in over a quarter-century, AP reported.
No American president in the past has ever spoken to Hezbollah, with or without intermediaries and the militant group has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States, Reuters reported.
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Details of the alleged ceasefire agreement
In the post, Trump assured that there will no Israeli troops “going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.”
The US president added that Hezbollah has “agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel.”
Ongoing military engagements on the ground
However, moments after Trump’s social media posts, Israel intercepted missiles launched from Lebanon and cautioned Israelis to take shelter in protected areas.
But an Israeli drone also hit the town of Majdal in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported.
Preceding Iranian and Israeli warnings
Trump’s comments emerged after Iran warned northern Israeli residents to flee the region if Tel Aviv continues its offensive in Beirut. Iran’s central military command warned residents in the area to leave to avoid being harmed, The Guardian reported citing Tehran’s state media.
Earlier, the Israeli military had issued evacuation order for residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs which prompted citizens to leave the region en masse, with reports claiming that roads leading out of the area were jammed due to cars.
Tehran’s unified stance on regional ceasefires
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday reiterated his earlier stance that any ceasefire agreement between Washington and Tehran is a “ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon.”
The Iran’s top diplomat, in a post on X, wrote “Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts.”
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