Trump's post 'prohibiting' Israeli strikes on Lebanon leaves Netanyahu 'stunned, alarmed': Report
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally "stunned and alarmed" by a social media post by US President Donald Trump, in which the latter said the Israeli regime was "PROHIBITED" from attacking Lebanon, a report says.
American website Axios published the report on Friday, citing sources as saying that Israeli officials first saw the post in media reports rather than finding out about it through official channels.
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The post published earlier in the day saw Trump assert, "Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!”
In an interview, he reinforced his position, saying, "Israel has to stop. They can't continue to blow buildings up. I am not gonna allow it."
Trump had announced on Thursday that the regime and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire.
It followed the US president's announcement of a two-weak lull in unprovoked aggression targeting Iran. Making the latter announcement, Trump said a 10-point ceasefire proposal forwarded by Iran was a "workable basis on which to negotiate and the main framework" for talks with the Islamic Republic. Among other things, the proposal has identified cessation of Israeli attacks on Lebanon as an indivisible part of termination of the cycle of unprovoked aggression and retaliatory strikes across the region.
Under the agreement with Lebanon, the Israeli regime is barred from carrying out offensive military operations against Lebanese targets, including civilian and state infrastructure.
The Israeli officials experiencing alarm at Trump's post, including ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter, have sought clarification from the White House, moving quickly to determine whether US policy has shifted and raising "concerns" with the White House.
Trump's announcements regarding the cessation of attacks on Iran and the ceasefire in Lebanon both followed scores of determined and successful retaliatory strikes staged by the Islamic Republic's Armed Forces and regional resistance movements, including Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Some of the strikes would be carried out through coordination among the forces staging the reprisal.
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Prior to the announcement concerning Lebanon, Iran's Majlis (Parliament) Speaker, Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf wrote in a post on X that emergence of a potential ceasefire in Lebanon would be down to the persistent struggle put up by Hezbollah and other members of the regional Axis of Resistance.
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