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Lebanon. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Citing what he called Hezbollah’s “repeated violations” of a ceasefire officially in place since 17 April but never respected by either side, Netanyahu had ordered strikes on Beirut’s southern
Netanyahu and Lebanon's president, according to an American official. In a joint statement released on Monday morning, Israel's prime minister and defence minister said they had ordered the Israeli military to carry
details. In Lebanon: - **[Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/02/israel-strikes-southern-lebanon-despite-trump-ceasefire), pressing its campaign against Hezbollah** a day after Donald Trump asked Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Beirut to avert further escalation
Netanyahu’s office said Israel would reserve the right to strike Beirut if Hezbollah attacks continue. “If Hezbollah does not cease attacking our cities and citizens … Israel will attack terror targets in Beirut,” he said
ordered the Israeli military [to resume bombing the southern Dahiya area of Beirut](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/01/european-leaders-condemn-israel-incursion-into-lebanon) to target Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia which has launched drone strikes into Israel. The Israel Defense Forces told
order, sits in a university-turned-shelter in Sidon, Lebanon, April 13, 2026 [Aziz Taher/Reuters] Hezbollah said it attacked Israeli troops inside Lebanon as well as the rescue force that came to evacuate them, targeting
details, but the Israeli foreign ministry said Hezbollah had violated Monday's declarations by launching "multiple missile and drone attacks from Lebanon against Israeli communities". Hezbollah's military wing said its fighters had targeted Israeli
strikes during the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, which began on 16 April and was [recently extended](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/15/israel-and-lebanon-agree-ceasefire-extension-us-says) by 45 days. The potential deal between the US and Iran to their
Netanyahu, which [threatened to inflame tensions](/features/2026/5/5/us-push-for-lebanon-and-israel-leaders-to-meet-could-inflame-tensions) in Lebanon. Some analysts believe internal strife in Lebanon would be a boon to Israel. “There is no one who would benefit more from a disintegration
details on what was discussed. It came as Israel launched new attacks on Lebanon on Friday, killing at least seven people in the south, according to the Lebanese state news agency NNA. The Lebanese Ministry
order to dislodge Hezbollah led Iran to say it would cut off negotiations with the United States until that conflict was frozen. Trump, facing the collapse of talks after he had claimed a deal