President Trump moved quickly on Monday after a dangerous Israel-Hezbollah flashpoint threatened to widen into something much larger.
In a Truth Social post, Trump said a productive call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resulted in no troops going to Beirut.
Trump said any troops already on the way had been turned back.
He also said he had a good call with Hezbollah through highly placed representatives, and that Hezbollah agreed all shooting would stop.
Full text transcript of President Trump on Truth Social:
I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.
Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop – That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel. President DONALD J. TRUMP
That is classic peace-through-strength: pressure on the battlefield, direct calls at the top, and a fast move to stop the shooting before the region spins further out of control.
The announcement came after Israel ordered strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs and Hezbollah fired rockets toward northern Israel.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi tried to frame the Lebanon front as part of the broader Iran ceasefire, warning the United States and Israel over any violation.
For immediate attention:
The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts.
The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) June 1, 2026
Araghchi’s warning shows why President Trump had to move quickly.
Iran wanted a broad shield over Hezbollah, while Washington and Jerusalem were not accepting Tehran’s version of the deal.
JNS laid out the Iran pressure campaign and the Israeli-American position this way:
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Monday that the U.S. and Israel would be held responsible for “any violation” of the ceasefire, including in Lebanon.
ADVERTISEMENT“For immediate attention: The ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” Araghchi claimed in a post on X.
“Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts,” he threatened. “The U.S. and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.”
Washington and Jerusalem maintain that the truce with the Islamic Republic does not apply to Israel Defense Forces operations against Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced earlier on Monday that they had ordered the IDF to strike Hezbollah terror targets in Beirut, citing repeated violations of a separate ceasefire agreement with Lebanon.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei subsequently told reporters in Tehran that the Islamic regime would take “all measures to support Lebanon and the resistance against the Zionist regime’s illegal aggression.”
“We insist that a ceasefire in Lebanon is an essential condition for any deal [with the United States] aimed at ending the war,” the spokesman declared.
The Associated Press said Trump announced the development after talking with Netanyahu and communicating with Hezbollah through mediators.
AP also placed the announcement against the backdrop of Israeli strike orders around Beirut and Hezbollah rocket fire toward northern Israel.
Axios added that Trump hit the brakes on Netanyahu’s plan to bomb Hezbollah targets in Beirut after Iran threatened to walk away from U.S. negotiations.
That is the leverage point.
Iran was threatening to blow up the talks, Netanyahu was preparing to hit Beirut, and President Trump stepped in before the situation could break wide open.
The result, according to Trump, was troops turned around and all shooting set to stop.
Hezbollah is still Hezbollah, and Iran will keep testing every line it can find.
For now, though, President Trump put Washington in the driver’s seat and forced a halt before the fire spread.
