United States President Donald Trump said he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull his troops back from Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, and also spoke with Hezbollah representatives, who “agreed to stop shooting” at Israeli forces.
Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said he told Lebanon’s Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri that if Israel’s “aggression against Lebanon continues”, Tehran “will not only halt the path of negotiations” with the US, “but we will also be in direct confrontation with the enemy”.
Despite Tehran’s warning, Trump said earlier that negotiations with Iran were “continuing at a rapid pace”.
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, said in a post on social media that it was “time to tell our friend, President Trump – ‘no’”, and that Netanyahu should “unleash” Israeli fighters on Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported late on Monday that Israeli air strikes were ongoing in southern Lebanon, and there were reports of casualties.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have killed 3,433 people since March, with 10,395 injured.–BBC
