Trump Announces Israel-Hezbollah De-escalation Deal as Both Sides Report Violations and Casualties

At least five people were killed in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon on June 1-2, 2026, Lebanese state media reported hours after President Donald Trump announced an agreement to de-escalate fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. The official National News Agency said two Syrians died when Israeli forces struck a plant nursery in the town of Jebchit in Nabatieh governorate.

Separate drone strikes hit a motorcycle on Martyr Sabra Street in Toul and a car in the Dhi’at al-Arab neighbourhood of Ansar, each killing two people.

Another drone attack killed the driver of a car in Nabatieh. President Donald Trump said he held separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah leaders and announced that both sides had agreed to dial back attacks.

The office of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the reported agreement called for Hezbollah to stop firing into Israel and for the Israeli military to cease striking the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Israeli forces intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into northern Israel on the morning of June 2, the Israeli military said. Al Jazeera correspondent Zeina Khodr reported from Beirut that Hezbollah has not claimed responsibility for any cross-border attacks since Trump’s announcement but has claimed attacks against Israeli troops occupying southern Lebanon.

Israeli troops seized the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and the strategic ridge it sits on in southern Lebanon on May 31, 2026.

At least two Israeli soldiers were killed in the area of Beaufort Castle in the last 24 hours before June 2, Khodr said, bringing the total number of Israeli military deaths since early March 2026 to 27. Netanyahu told Trump that if Hezbollah does not cease attacking Israeli towns and citizens, Israel will strike terrorist targets in Beirut.