Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Cease-Fire, U.S. Official Says

While Netanyahu has not made any public comments about the deal since the memorandum was signed, Israeli media outlets aligned with Netanyahu have criticized Trump and his team.  

Trump has publicly criticized Netanyahu’s approach to Lebanon. In an interview with Axios previewed Friday, the President claimed “Israel would have been eviscerated” if it weren’t for him.  

Referring to Netanyahu as a “good man,” Trump said the Israeli leader “gets a little excited sometimes” and admitted they have a “dispute over Lebanon.”

He referred to an Israeli strike in Beirut as “unnecessary.”

Trump said Lebanon is “something we’ll have to work on a little bit… it’s a very small piece of the puzzle, actually, but it still makes a lot of noise.”

Since the Israel-Hezbollah fighting reignited in March, early on in the Iran war, at least 3,912 have been killed in Lebanon, with 11,873 wounded, according to the country’s Health Ministry.