06/01/2026June 1, 2026
Trump claims Israel, Hezbollah both pledged to tone down fighting
US President Donald Trump has claimed that after talks both with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “highly placed” Hezbollah representatives, both sides had indicated a willingness to halt strikes.
This comes after Israel threatened renewed strikes on southern Beirut, and after Iran said it would deem this a breach of its ceasefire with the US.
“I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no troops going to Beirut, and any troops that are on their way, have already been turned back,” Trump asserted on social media.
“Likewise, thorugh highly placed representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — that Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel.”
In a subsequent post a few minutes later, Trump wrote that: “Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
This seemed to contradict earlier reports on Iranian state media, which cited the intensifying tensions in Lebanon as a reason to put the negotiations on hold.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier in the day instructed the Israeli military to strike Beirut’s Dahieh district, a stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry on Monday afternoon reported an airstrike on the southern city of Tyre but there were no strikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital as of Monday mid-evening.
Israeli forces continue their advance into southern Lebanon
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