Netanyahu and Trump Speak on the Phone, US Intervention Temporarily Halts Attack on Southern Suburb

SadaNews Translation - US President Donald Trump spoke on Monday evening with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the situation in Iran and Lebanon.

According to the twelfth Hebrew channel, the phone call lasted more than an hour. SadaNews also translated this.

No information has leaked about the details and outcomes of the phone conversation.

According to the channel, the attack on the southern suburb of Beirut will be contingent on the Trump-Netanyahu call.

It was noted that there are criticisms within the Israeli army regarding the announcement by Netanyahu and Katz about plans to carry out attacks on the southern suburb.

The Israeli army expects field leaders from Hezbollah to hide following the announcements from Netanyahu and Katz, as they were considered potential targets for attacks.

Meanwhile, the Hebrew Channel Reshet Kan reported that preparations were made today to attack the southern suburb of Beirut starting from this morning, but in the past few hours, and due to US intervention, the attack has been postponed, as SadaNews translated.

The channel indicated that secretly, Israel has been exerting significant pressure to launch an attack in response to the increased gunfire from Hezbollah, but it remains unclear at this stage whether the United States will allow a wide-ranging attack on Beirut in light of Iranian threats.

Israel has succeeded in separating the Iranian front from the Lebanese front, and it is still uncertain whether Israeli interests will prevail this time over US interests, the channel reported.

The same channel mentioned in another report that the Israeli warning before the attack on the southern suburb of Beirut was aimed at applying pressure to stop Hezbollah's gunfire towards northern settlements.

It was noted that in recent hours, there has been an intense round of talks between Israel and the United States to achieve this and to prevent the potential collapse of talks between Israel and Lebanon.

It said: Netanyahu spoke with Trump, and there were also discussions at various levels among specialists.

It pointed out that in Israel, consideration has been given to the fact that issuing a warning statement before the attacks could affect the scheduled talks tomorrow between Israel and Lebanon, and so far, the talks are ongoing.

It added: The one leading the negotiations to achieve a wide ceasefire is US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also supposed to participate in and host the talks tomorrow.

It continued: Israel will not withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon at this stage and has expressed this in the negotiations that took place.