Trump Tells Netanyahu To Avoid Full Resumption Of War In Lebanon

00:00 30.4.2026

US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel should only conduct “surgically” designed military strikes in Lebanon and avoid a full resumption of the war, the president told Axios in an interview.

“I told Netanyahu he has got to do it more surgically. Not knock down buildings. He can’t do it. It is too terrible and makes Israel look bad,” Trump told Axios in the interview published on April 29.

Trump said that he likes the leadership of Lebanon and believes the troubled Middle East nation can “make a comeback.”

“Iran ruined Lebanon. Their proxy [Hezbollah] ruined Lebanon. When Iran gets taken out, Hezbollah automatically gets taken out,” Trump added.

A militant group and political party that controls much of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah is considered a terrorist organization by the US, while the European Union has blacklisted its armed wing but not its political branch.

Israel has launched devastating air strikes against believed Hezbollah sites, mainly in southern Lebanon and near Beirut. Hezbollah has fired rockets and drones into Israel.

The fighting is ongoing despite a cease-fire agreed to by the Lebanese and Israeli leaders and announced by Trump.

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