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U.S. President Donald Trump said he persuaded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call off the strike on Beirut, following which the Israeli leader "turned his troops around".
Mr. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social on Monday (June 1, 2026) evening amid reports that the conversation between the two leaders was “heated” and the U.S. President telling Mr. Netanyahu that he would have been in prison but for his intervention.
"I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today (Monday), asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi," he said, referring to the Israeli Prime Minister by his widely used nickname.
“ But they haven't informed us of that. It doesn't mean we're going to go and start dropping bombs all over there,
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