WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned the Israeli strike on Beirut and called on Israel to cease strikes on Lebanon amid the upcoming US-Iran deal. "This morning's attack on Beirut should not have happened," Trump wrote on Truth Social. He added that it was a retaliat»»»

US President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed the Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, saying the attacks had come “on a special day” when America and Iran were “close” to a peace deal. The US President urged all sides to “stand down”, while calling for “no more attacks by Israel on Lebanon”»»»

Just hours after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to scale back fighting, Israel carried out strikes on targets in southern Lebanon, killing several people. Residents in Beirut, however, voiced relief as Israel withdrew plans to intensify strikes on the Leban»»»

Follow our live coverage here. BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah said a US-mediated ceasefire in the war with Israel was meaningless a day after it was extended for three weeks, pointing to continued Israeli attacks in south Lebanon and saying the group had the right to respond. US President Donald Trum»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah reserves the right to respond to any Israeli “aggressions” during the ongoing truce in Lebanon, Ali Fayad, an MP for the party, said on Friday. He said extending the ceasefire “makes no sense” in light of continued “hostile acts” by Israel, saying they gave»»»

Hezbollah held a mass funeral in south Lebanon's Kfar Sir on Tuesday for more than a dozen fighters killed during more than six weeks of war with Israel. The ceremony came after Israel and Lebanon entered into a 10-day ceasefire on Friday announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. Iran-backed Hezbol»»»

Report by Toni Mrad, English adaptation by Karine Keuchkerian In January 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Morgan Ortagus as Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East. Despite the appointment, Trump's announcement carried a tone of implicit skepticism and a lack of enthusiasm, reflecting p»»»

The agreement, signed by both Israel and the Lebanese government, ended over a year of border clashes and two months of full-blown conflict on 27 November. It gave Israel 60 days to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah is supposed to retreat to the north of the Litani River. Hezbol»»»

The truce, expected to end on Monday, gave both sides two months to fully implement the terms Israel will not completely leave Lebanese territory by the end of the 60-day truce with Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday. The agreement, signed by both Israel and the Le»»»

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 38 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the regional governor, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have exchanged fire for over a year in parallel with»»»