Jerusalem, 1 June, 2026 (TPS-IL) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday night that Washington had helped secure a new ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah following talks with both sides.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he held a “very productive” call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and asserted that “there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.”
According to Israeli media reports, no troops were en route to the Lebanese capital, though airstrikes on Beirut’s Dahiyeh district, a Hezbollah stronghold, were expected. Earlier in the day, Col. Avichay Adraee, the Israel Defense Forces’ Arabic language spokesperson tweeted a warning to Dahiyeh residents to evacuate.
“If the terrorist Hezbollah continues launching rockets toward Israeli cities and towns, the IDF will respond by targeting objectives in the southern Dahiya,” Adraee tweeted.
Dahiyeh is a Shi’ite neighborhood where numerous Hezbollah command centers, financial sites, weapons workshops and other assets are or were located, including the underground bunker were the terror group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was assassinated in 2024.
Israeli officials did not immediately respond to Trump’s announcement.