Overview
- President Trump said on Monday that he persuaded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call off a planned operation toward Beirut and that, through intermediaries, Hezbollah agreed to stop attacks, a claim that Hezbollah has not independently confirmed.
- Israel’s prime minister and the Israel Defense Forces issued statements that reserve the right to strike Beirut if Hezbollah continues to attack Israeli towns, and the military reported intercepting projectiles from Lebanon, showing the halt is fragile.
- Iran’s Tasnim news agency and senior negotiators reported they have suspended exchanges of negotiating texts with the United States in response to Israeli operations in Lebanon and Gaza, a step that directly threatens the progress of talks.
- Multiple outlets, citing US officials, reported a tense, expletive‑filled phone call between Trump and Netanyahu in which the president harshly rebuked the Israeli leader, highlighting a sharp public rift between Washington and Jerusalem.
- The conflicting claims matter beyond diplomacy because any breakdown could reopen fighting, endanger civilians in Lebanon and northern Israel, and revive Iranian pressure on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz that negotiators had been trying to resolve.