US President Donald Trump has claimed that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to withdraw from the ongoing fighting in Lebanon. Trump had held telephone talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and indirect talks with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah through mediators.

Earlier, Iran had warned that the dialogue process with the US could be disrupted if Israel continued its attacks on Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. In a conversation with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Iranian Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that Iran would retaliate against Israel if the attacks on Lebanon did not stop. ‘We have been making serious efforts to stop the Israeli attacks for the last two days. If such crimes continue, we will not only suspend the dialogue process. We will even attack the Jewish state,' Ghalibaf said, 'If an agreement is reached between Iran and the United States to end the war, it will be implemented on all fronts, including Lebanon.'

Iranian state media reported that Iran had boycotted a high-level meeting with the United States scheduled for Tuesday in protest of the Israeli attack on Lebanon. 'The Iranian mediation team will suspend the dialogue and the exchange of letters through mediation will also be stopped,' Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.

However, ignoring all these developments, the Israeli government had prepared for an attack on the southern region of Beirut. On Monday, Trump called Netanyahu to pressure him to stop the attack. US media reported that Trump cursed and insulted Netanyahu during the phone call. Two US officials and a third source with knowledge of the phone call confirmed the matter to the American news outlet Axios.

‘Trump had accused Netanyahu of trying to sabotage his ongoing talks with Iran by repeatedly attacking Lebanon.’ After the phone call, Trump took to the social media platform Truth Social to say that talks with Iran were making rapid progress,’ Axios reported. ‘According to the source, during the phone call, Trump accused Netanyahu of being crazy and reckless.’ ‘He also put the brakes on Israel’s plan to attack Beirut.’ Two sources told Axios that Trump had helped Netanyahu avoid prison, recalling his support during his corruption trial.’

According to another US official, Trump was also concerned about the large number of civilians killed by Israel in Lebanon. He objected to the fact that the Israelis were demolishing entire buildings in the name of eliminating a Hezbollah commander. Trump and Netanyahu have had several tense phone conversations in the past. But they have been working together on Iran and other issues. According to a US official, Trump has not had such a heated phone conversation with Netanyahu since he was elected president for a second term.

Israeli forces have entered Lebanon in recent days and captured a large amount of territory. According to the international media AP, this is the first time in the last 25 years that Israel has captured so much territory in Lebanon. After capturing the strategically important Beaufort Castle on Sunday, the Israeli army had planned an attack targeting the Lebanese capital Beirut. However, immediately after the telephone conversation, Trump announced via the social network Truth Social that no Israeli soldiers would go to Beirut. He said that the soldiers on their way to Beirut have also begun to return.

‘I had a very good and productive phone call with Netanyahu. No soldiers will go to Beirut and those on the way have also begun to return,’ Trump wrote. Netanyahu confirmed that he had spoken to Trump on the subject. However, he said that Israel had warned Trump in the telephone conversation that it would attack Beirut even harder if Hezbollah did not stop the attack. Netanyahu also said that the Israeli army would continue its operations in southern Lebanon as planned. Hezbollah did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was in place since April 16 to ease tensions.  But neither side has respected the ceasefire.  Despite Trump's claim that both Israel and Hezbollah are ready to stop the war, fear remains in southern Lebanon.  Six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Monday night. 

An airstrike in the port city of Tyre on Monday afternoon damaged the Jebel Amil hospital.  Lebanon's Health Ministry has also released video of the incident, showing women and children inside the hospital shivering  Similarly, the hospital's windows are on fire . 

On Tuesday, a large number of people left south Beirut at once, causing long traffic jams  Mohammed Farhat, 23, said he had moved from Haret Harik to a neighboring village to the north with his brother and parents. The Israeli military said two projectiles had been fired into its territory from Lebanon. However, it claimed that no one was injured in the attack. Hezbollah said it had attacked Israeli forces in Jatar al-Saqryeh, north of the Litani River, early on Monday. It also said it had damaged Israeli military facilities in Tiberias. More than 3,300 people have been killed in Israel's incursion into Lebanon. More than 1.2 million people have been displaced from southern Lebanon. The incursion and attack have been condemned worldwide. The World Food Programme warned on Monday that the escalation in Israel's military offensive could escalate into a humanitarian emergency in Lebanon. The United Nations has called the situation extremely dangerous.