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<\/a><\/p>\nA view of traffic congestion as people leave the Dahiyeh district in southern Beirut, Lebanon, on June 1, 2026, after Israel warned of bombing planned for the area. (Houssam Shbaro\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said nothing has changed in Israel\u2019s approach to battling Hezbollah in Lebanon, where it is based.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi!\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday afternoon. \u201cI also had a conversation with Representatives of the Leaders of Hezbollah, and they agreed to stop shooting at Israel, and its soldiers. Likewise, Israel agreed to stop shooting at them. Let\u2019s see how long that lasts \u2014 Hopefully it will be for ETERNITY!\u201d<\/p>\n
The post followed another similar message published hours earlier in which Trump said \u201cthere will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a post of his own on X, Netanyahu confirmed that he had spoken with Trump but did not say that he had agreed to a ceasefire.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight, I spoke with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not cease attacking our cities and citizens\u2014Israel will attack terror targets in Beirut. This stance of ours remains unchanged,\u201d Netanyahu wrote. \u201cIn parallel, the IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lebanese Embassy in Washington, meanwhile, said in a statement that Lebanon had learned that Hezbollah had agreed to a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n
The call and social media posts came after days of heavy fighting in Lebanon, where multiple Israeli soldiers have been killed by Hezbollah drones and Israel spurred an evacuation in the outskirts of Beirut after warning that it would soon launch an operation against Hezbollah outposts there.<\/p>\n
The hostilities in Lebanon and northern Israel reflect a distinct front in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. When Trump declared a ceasefire in that war in early April, Israel at first maintained that it did not apply to Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy. But Trump insisted that Netanyahu cease fighting in Lebanon, too.<\/p>\n
Two months later, Trump is still negotiating for a permanent end to the Iran war. On Monday, he said on CNBC that he found the talks to be \u201cvery boring\u201d and did not care if the Iranians dropped out of discussions.<\/p>\n