Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued on Monday after President Trump pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back strikes in Lebanon amid negotiations to end the war with Iran. 

The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah placed US talks with Iran in jeopardy on Monday.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Iran suspended talks with the US over Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon. Trump made phone calls to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah representatives to end the fighting.

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It’s being reported that Trump went off on Netanyahu for stalling peace talks between the US and Iran, calling him “f**king crazy” and accusing him of ingratitude. “You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this,” Trump reportedly fumed at Netanyahu.

Still, despite Trump announcing that “all shooting will stop,” the shooting continues, with Israel announcing that operations will continue outside of the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

Per CNN:

Israel continued to launch strikes on areas in the south of Lebanon, according to the Lebanese state news agency (NNA). Meanwhile, Hezbollah announced it targeted an Israeli tank in Nabatieh district in the early hours of Tuesday.

Lebanon’s embassy in Washington said Hezbollah had confirmed it would refrain from attacking Israel in exchange for Israel ceasing strikes in Beirut.

While US President Donald Trump said that “all shooting will stop,” Israel said in a statement that it would continue operations in southern Lebanon but tacitly announced that, for now at least, it would not strike Beirut.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz went on to say that President Trump backed the strikes in Southern Lebanon. “The Americans endorsed this principle and informed the Lebanese government and all relevant parties: Israeli communities will be matched by Beirut,” he claimed.

Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the US are now engaged in high-stakes talks at the State Department in Washington, DC.

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