Donald Trump has reportedly berated Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a call aimed at ending fighting in Lebanon.
The US president is said to have told Netanyahu: “You’re f***ing crazy”, adding, “Everybody hates Israel” because of its recent strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to one US official who summarised the call to Axios.
After the call Trump announced that Hezbollah had told the US, via intermediaries, that it would agree to stop attacks on Israel if Israel did likewise. Netanyahu told Trump that Israel would resume attacks on “terror” targets in Beirut if the ceasefire did not hold.
Lebanon confirmed a partial ceasefire had been agreed between Hezbollah and Israel, though there were already reports of violations on Tuesday morning.
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said the militia would support a full ceasefire across all Lebanon as a precursor to the withdrawal of Israeli troops. But Netanyahu said Israel would continue military operations in southern Lebanon, where ground forces are pushing toward the Zaharani River, their deepest incursion in Lebanon in 25 years.
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