US President Donald Trump says Israel’s strike on Beirut earlier on Sunday “should not have happened” according to BBC.
“Particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran,” he writes on Truth Social.
He says Israel has a “right to defend itself” but the attack it was responding to was “very small and meaningless”.
He adds that the US and Iran are “very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should stand down”.
Trump says there should be no more attacks by Israel or “any other party”, adding that this could be the “beginning of a long and beautiful peace — Let’s not blow it!”.
US ‘on track’ to sign a deal with Iran — Hegseth
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says “we are on track” to sign a deal with Iran, and it’s “not a matter of if” but when.
In an interview with the BBC’s US partner CBS, Hegseth says: “We’re attuned to what’s happening with Hezbollah firing rockets into northern Israel, which they need to stop doing,” adding that “Iran needs to encourage them to stop doing that in very adamant ways”.
“If Iran wants this to hold”, Hegseth warns, “they need to pull back Hezbollah, no doubt”.