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Trump reports Israel and Hezbollah ceasefire after heated call with Netanyahu

On Monday, President Trump announced a mutual halt to strikes between Israel and Hezbollah following an aggressive phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The intervention came after Iran threatened to collapse ongoing peace negotiations and block oil transit in the Strait of Hormuz if Israel struck Beirut. Reports suggest the conversation was exceptionally tense, with Trump allegedly using profanity to demand Netanyahu abandon a planned offensive in the Lebanese capital. While Lebanon’s US embassy confirmed Hezbollah accepted the proposal, Israel’s military remains on high alert in the south and warns it will retaliate if fired upon.

Negotiators are now scrambling to see if this fragile truce holds long enough to keep the wider regional peace talks alive.

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 @Phases from Alberta  commented…4hrs4H

I think that a Western nation is involving itself into a crisis that it has no reason being involved in. Instead of helping to de-escalate the situation, there has been multiple times when the involvement has raised tensions and worsened conditions for people living in the nation.

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