President Donald Trump said the United States has barred Israel from further bombing in Lebanon, striking an unusually harsh tone with the longtime U.S. ally while stressing that any U.S. deal with Iran is not linked to the Lebanon conflict.
– “Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!” Trump said in a social media post.
– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office did not immediately respond to Trump’s remarks, but Netanyahu said in a statement earlier that Israeli forces remained stationed in southern Lebanon to defend against “the near threat.“
– “There are things we plan to do regarding the remaining rocket threat and the drone threat, which I will not detail here,” Netanyahu said.
– A U.S.-backed Israeli-Lebanese ceasefire took effect at 2100 GMT on Thursday, halting fighting that flared on March 2 when Hezbollah fired on northern Israel in support of Iran’s fight with the U.S. and Israel, drawing an Israeli offensive that Lebanese authorities say has killed 2,000 people.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-israel-banned-bombing-lebanon-2026-04-17