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The Israeli military launched deadly new strikes in Lebanon<\/a> on Tuesday after accusing Hezbollah<\/a> of launching attacks overnight, despite President Donald Trump <\/a>saying both sides had agreed to de-escalate<\/strong> after Iran threatened to pull out of peace talks<\/a>.
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Trump said Monday night that he had spoken with both sides and that they agreed \u201call shooting will stop\u201d after Tehran signaled that Israel\u2019s intensifying military operations in Lebanon could derail efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Talks with Tehran were ongoing, Trump said.
The Lebanese Embassy in Washington said Hezbollah had accepted the terms of a U.S. proposal for a \u201cmutual cessation of attacks,\u201d which would also block Israel from attacking Beirut. Its threat to do so had sparked panic in the Lebanese capital, after the U.S. ally\u2019s deepest incursion into its neighbor in 26 years.
But despite the claims of a renewed ceasefire, clashes continued Tuesday morning.
Israel continued to launch its own strikes on Lebanon, with the Lebanese Civil Defense saying on its Facebook page Tuesday that six people had been killed in an Israeli strike Monday night in the village of Marwaniyeh in southern Lebanon. It was not clear exactly when that strike was launched.
The agency said Tuesday that one of its centers, in Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, had been subject to \u201cdirect targeting as a result of a hostile Israeli airstrike.\u201d It said the building was damaged, along with equipment inside.
The Lebanese army later reported that two soldiers had been wounded as a result of being targeted by an Israeli hostile drone in Nabatieh.
The Israeli military told NBC News that it had launched at least one strike in Nabatieh, but said it was targeting what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure.
It said earlier that it had intercepted at least two projectiles overnight that had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, with no injuries reported. Hours later, it said sirens had sounded in northern Israel and that it had identified a \u201csuspicious aerial target\u201d in an area where Israeli soldiers were operating in southern Lebanon.
Trump said on his Truth Social platform Monday that he had a \u201cvery productive\u201d call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u2014 and that there would be \u201cno Troops going to Beirut, and \u200bany Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.\u201d
Trump lashed out at Netanyahu and called him \u201ccrazy\u201d in the \u201cexpletive-laden\u201d call, Axios reported<\/a>, citing multiple sources. The White House and Netanyahu\u2019s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NBC News.
The call came after Netanyahu said he had ordered strikes on \u201cterror targets\u201d in Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs in response to attacks from Hezbollah.
That sparked panicked scenes with people rushing to flee the capital, where thousands of displaced Lebanese sought shelter after being displaced from their homes in the south by Israel\u2019s aerial and ground assault.
Netanyahu later posted on X <\/a>that Israel would strike Beirut if Hezbollah attacks do not stop.
Trump said he also had a \u201cvery \u200bgood call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop \u2014 That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel.\u201d The call appeared to mark the first time an American president has communicated either directly or through intermediaries with Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.
Trump\u2019s intervention came after Iran threatened to abandon negotiations with the U.S. that had seemed on the verge of a deal just a week ago.
\u201cThe Iranian negotiating team will suspend \u2018talks and the exchange of texts through mediators,\u2019\u201d the semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported Monday in the wake of Israel\u2019s declared plan to strike Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that Iran might retaliate if Israeli attacks in Lebanon continued.
\u201cOver the past two days, we have seriously pursued efforts to stop Israel\u2019s attacks. If these crimes continue, we will not only suspend the negotiation process, but we will also stand against the Zionist regime,\u201d Ghalibaf warned, according to the state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency<\/a>.
\u201cIf an agreement is reached to end the war between Iran and the United States, it will include a halt to attacks on all fronts, especially in Lebanon,\u201d he said.
Trump told NBC News that he was not informed of the decision to suspend negotiations ahead of time but that \u201cI think it\u2019s fine if they\u2019re done talking.\u201d
\u201cIt\u2019s an appropriate thing to say, because they\u2019re better negotiators than they are fighters,\u201d he said in a brief phone call. \u201cBut they haven\u2019t informed us of that.\u201d
\u201cTalks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d Trump said in a subsequent Truth Social post.
Chantal Da Silva reports on world news for NBC News Digital and is based in London.
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