Trump later described the call, in a post on Truth Social, as “very productive,” noting that he’d also spoken with representatives of Hezbollah and that both sides had agreed to not attack each other.
In a statement on Monday afternoon, the Lebanese Embassy in Washington said Hezbollah had accepted the terms of a U.S. proposal “for a reciprocal cessation of attacks.” Under the proposal, the statement said, “Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs would cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from carrying out attacks against Israel, with the ceasefire framework to be expanded to encompass all Lebanese territories.”
The embassy added that Trump had contacted the Lebanese ambassador to the U.S., informing her that Netanyahu had agreed to the arrangement.
Netanyahu, in a post on social media, said in his own statement that Israeli forces will continue to operate “as planned” in southern Lebanon, and that he told Trump “if Hezbollah does not cease attacking our cities and citizens—Israel will attack terror targets in Beirut.”
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