The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has communicated that Israel will finally not carry out the planned attack against the capital of Lebanon, Beirut, after holding a "very productive" conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At the same time, Trump has reported that the Shiite party-militia Hezbollah has committed to stopping its attacks.
"I had a very productive call with Prime Minister 'Bibi' Netanyahu of Israel and there will be no troops going to Beirut and the troops that were on the way are already returning," Trump explained in a message posted on social media.
The US leader added that he also spoke by phone "with Hezbollah" and "they have agreed to stop firing." "Israel will not attack them and they will not attack Israel," he explained, thus presenting an understanding that implies the cessation of direct hostilities between both parties.
Hours earlier, Netanyahu had reported that he had ordered an offensive against Hezbollah positions in Beirut in retaliation for the Shiite group's recent attacks, including the one that caused the death of an Israeli soldier in the area of the Beaufort crusader castle, taken on Sunday by Israeli forces.
Following that announcement, the Israeli Army issued evacuation instructions for Dahiyé, the southern Beirut neighborhoods considered a Hezbollah stronghold, in anticipation of new bombings in the area.
The latest large-scale outbreak of violence began on March 2, when Hezbollah launched a barrage of projectiles against Israeli territory in response to the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the offensive launched on February 28 by Israel and the United States against the Asian country.
Both sides had reached a ceasefire in November 2024, after thirteen months of clashes linked to the October 7, 2023 attacks. However, since then Israel maintained a campaign of frequent bombings in Lebanon and the presence of troops in various locations, alleging that its operations were directed against Hezbollah, while Beirut and the Shiite organization itself denounced these actions as violations of the agreement.