The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, said on Monday that he spoke with the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, regarding the fighting in Lebanon, and he also spoke with representatives of Hezbollah through mediators, reports the “AP” agency.
In a post on social networks, Trump said that “Israeli troops will not go to Beirut, and every soldier who was headed in that direction has turned back.”
He also said that Hezbollah “has agreed to stop the attacks”.
“Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel,” Trump wrote.
Netanyahu has confirmed the conversation with Trump, but has revealed that he told the American president that Israel will strike Beirut if Hezbollah does not stop the attacks. He said that the Israeli Army will continue to “operate according to plan” in southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the Office of the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, has announced that the country’s authorities have received “confirmation of Hezbollah’s acceptance of the US proposal for a mutual cessation of attacks.”
“Under the proposed agreement, Israeli attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut would cease in exchange for Hezbollah’s restraint in attacks against Israel, with the ceasefire extending to all Lebanese territory.”
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a cease-fire in mid-April, but attacks have resumed following Israel’s strikes in Lebanon. Israel said those attacks were in self-defense.
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