Trump Secures Hezbollah Pledge to Stop Attacks on Israel, Netanyahu Says Productive Call

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with the Iran-aligned Lebanese militia group Hezbollah through intermediaries and secured a pledge that it would not attack Israel, while also saying he had a “very productive call” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Israel Pledges a Strong Response after Four Israeli Soldiers Were Killed in Southern Lebanon”

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Trump said on Truth Social that “they agreed that all shooting will stop,” and a Lebanese official told Reuters that Hezbollah informed the US through Lebanon's parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that it was willing to halt attacks on northern Israel in exchange for Israel sparing Beirut and its suburbs any strikes.

Le Parisien

The Reuters report also said Israeli troops on Saturday seized the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, after one of the heaviest days of Hezbollah fire toward northern Israel since the April ceasefire.

In parallel, the TVP World report said Israel has agreed to pull back any troops that were preparing to attack southern Lebanon, while the fighting in Lebanon has been described as the broadest spillover of the Iran war, displacing more than 1.2 million Lebanese through Israeli strikes and evacuation orders since March 2.

On Saturday evening, the Israeli army announced it had received directives from the political leadership to halt hostilities in Lebanon, while reaffirming its continued work to remove what it described as the 'direct threats' against Israel and its forces.

Despite the ceasefire announcement, an Israeli official told Yedioth Ahronoth that Israel would respond 'forcefully' if subjected to new Hezbollah attacks, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would keep its forces in southern Lebanon 'as long as necessary to defend its northern borders.'

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In a separate Israeli account, i24NEWS said Netanyahu and Security Minister Yisrael Katz pledged a firm response after four Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire.

Netanyahu said he issued orders to the Israeli army to strike Hezbollah “with force” and added, “Israel will not tolerate any attacks on its soldiers or its territories,” while the Israeli army said it targeted more than 80 Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley in recent hours.

As diplomacy and military moves continued, y alibnan said Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo issued a joint statement that the IDF will continue to act decisively to thwart threats to soldiers and civilians and destroy terror infrastructure while maintaining the security zone in southern Lebanon.

“The American military said it would stay "vigilant" on Saturday to enforce the ceasefire agreement with Iran, after Tehran announced a new closure of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for Israeli strikes in Lebanon”

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The same report said Lebanon is due to resume talks with Israel in the US on Tuesday, and it described a “deconfliction cell” intended to ensure adherence to the termination of military operations in Lebanon, with U.S. Vice President JD Vance saying it was meant to prevent incidents from spiralling “into a broader escalation”.

In parallel, the TVP World report said the fighting in Lebanon has displaced more than 1.2 million Lebanese through Israeli strikes and evacuation orders since March 2, and it said rescue teams were still searching the gutted building on Sunday evening in a separate earlier context of a different disaster only if present in sources—so here the Lebanon reporting instead emphasizes the continued military pressure and displacement.

With Hezbollah’s backer Iran making a ceasefire a key condition in negotiations with the US, y alibnan said Hezbollah condemned the upcoming talks and demanded the full withdrawal of the Israeli army from Lebanon, while also noting that UNIFIL had not detected any attempted air strikes from either side on Sunday and Monday.