Trump and Netanyahu Discuss Israeli Threat to Strike Hezbollah Targets in Beirut
President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 2, 2026, about Israel's plans to strike Hezbollah targets in Beirut. The conversation addressed concerns over potential impacts on U.S. negotiations with Iran.
thehindu.comPresident Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on June 2, 2026. The roughly 15-minute call addressed Israel's threat to strike Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs. Multiple sources familiar with the call said Trump cursed at Netanyahu and accused him of being ungrateful.
Axios first reported on the expletive-filled exchange. Trump was angered by Israel's escalation in Lebanon and its potential to imperil the administration's ongoing negotiations with Iran. The president had just made edits to a proposed peace plan and had sent it to Iran for consideration.
News emerged on June 2 that Iran was threatening to call off talks over Israeli conduct in Lebanon. The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that the Iranian negotiating team will suspend talks and the exchange of texts through mediators. S.
Is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that Iran considers crossing the red lines in Lebanon and Gaza to mean direct war. Trump insisted he "couldn't care less" about the Iranian warnings.
Netanyahu added: "Our position remains the same. " Later on June 2, Trump posted on social media: "I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around.
Monday's call was not the first time that Trump and Netanyahu have had a tense conversation.
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