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President Donald Trump says he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday along with Hezbollah leader representatives and that both parties have agreed to stop shooting at each other.
Taking to Truth Social, the president said, "I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi! I also had a conversation with Representatives of the Leaders of Hezbollah, and they agreed to stop shooting at Israel, and its soldiers. Likewise, Israel agreed to stop shooting at them."
Trump concluded in part, "Let’s see how long that lasts — Hopefully it will be for ETERNITY!"
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Similarly, the Lebanese Presidency X account said on Monday that the proposed agreement would include Israel not firing upon Beirut's southern suburbs and Hezbollah would not fire upon Israel. The post adds that "the ceasefire framework" would be "expanded to encompass all Lebanese territories."
There are scheduled meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday to further "discuss this progress and build upon it," the post says.
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In a seemingly different tone, Netanyahu said in a translated post on X Monday before Trump's remarks that, "Tonight, I spoke with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not cease attacking our cities and citizens—Israel will attack terror targets in Beirut. This stance of ours remains unchanged. In parallel, the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon."
The two had been under a ceasefire since mid-April, the Associated Press reports. The proposed agreement comes amid ongoing U.S. talks with Iran to reach a deal.
Rajan Menon, professor emeritus of International Relations at the City College of New York, told Newsweek on Monday night, "I’d be surprised if it holds up. Indeed, Netanyahu probably sees continued war against Hezbollah as a way to scuttle a deal between the US and Iran, which he sees as disastrous for Israel. Hezbollah, for its part, remains determined to expel the IDF from Lebanon."
Earlier Monday, the IDF said Mohammed Mousa Mteirek, unit commander in Hezbollah’s missile array, was eliminated and that the Shia Islamists were responsible for hundreds of rocket and UAV launches on IDF soldiers and civilians in the Beaufort area.
A separate post by the IDF said that during three months in southern Lebanon, more than 550 terrorists have been eliminated, along with the dismantling of over 2,700 terrorist infrastructures, more than 200 weapons storage facilities and dozens of underground routes.
Hostilities between the two countries continued on Monday evening, Reuters reported, as the Israeli military reported two intercepted projectiles that crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon.
The Associated Press also notes that Israel ordered strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs before Trump's post.
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