Live Updates: Iranian officer says renewed war with U.S. seems "inevitable" as Israel, Hezbollah keep fighting

The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against four Iranian digital asset exchanges, including Nobitex, the country's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the latest sanctions are part of the Trump administration's effort to "prevent the regime from developing a nuclear weapon" by targeting Tehran's financial assets.

Nobitex in 2025 accounted for more than 50% of all Iranian digital asset inflows, including payments linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Treasury said.

The other three exchanges sanctioned were Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency, will remain a key player in the war against Iran as he swore in the new head of the agency on Tuesday.

"The Mossad will continue to be at the forefront of our struggle against Iranian aggression," Netanyahu said. "In continuation of the consistent policy that we have been leading for years, we will not allow the Iranian regime to turn the wheel backwards. We will not allow it to obtain nuclear weapons, we will not allow it to threaten our existence."

"This regime of terror, which is destined to pass away from the world — and we will help it reach this goal — will not again threaten us with nuclear bombs and thousands of lethal ballistic missiles."

Roman Gofman takes over the agency, which is akin to the United States' CIA, from David Barnea, who finished his five-year term leading Mossad. Mossad agents or informants were reportedly involved in directing many of the strikes that targeted high-level officials in Iran during the start of the war. 

Doctors Without Borders, a prominent group providing healthcare in conflict zones around the world, criticized a strike on a hospital in Lebanon on Monday.

A strike in Tyre resulted in extensive damage to the Jabal Amel Hospital and four deaths and 127 people injured, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Among those injured were 39 hospital staff, the agency said.

"These repeated attacks reflect a grave failure to protect the medical mission and underscore the urgent need to safeguard civilians, medical staff, health facilities, and continuous access to lifesaving care," Omar Ebeid, Doctors Without Borders' project coordinator in southern Lebanon, said in a statement Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army issued a warning to Christians in the ancient city of Tyre on Tuesday, saying dozens of Hezbollah terrorists were hiding in the city.

"To the Christian population in the city of Tyre, Hezbollah, which is leading the destruction of the State of Lebanon and has caused you great destruction, continues to do so," Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Lt. Col. Ella Weweya said in a video message. "Please remove the terrorists of the terrorist organization for the sake of your safety."

She continued, "Hezbollah operatives in Tyre, you are not safe there. If you remain in the area, the IDF will evacuate the Christian Quarter and act against you."

Despite alleged claims to the contrary, President Trump says it's "false and erroneous" that Iran and the U.S. stopped speaking to each other a few days ago.

"The conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago, and today," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, 'It's time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal. You've been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!'"

Though Trump singled out the media for incorrectly reporting that negotiations had ended, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said Monday that Tehran was halting all conversations with the U.S. until Israel cut off fighting in southern Lebanon.

U.S. forces have redirected 122 commercial ships "to ensure compliance" of the U.S. blockade against Iran, U.S. Central Command said in a post on X on Tuesday.

CENTCOM posted an image of the USS Abraham Lincoln transiting the Arabian Sea to support the blockade.

In March, an Iranian vessel sailed too close to the USS Abraham Lincoln, and the U.S. fired at the vessel, two U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CBS News. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support security in the Middle East.

Hezbollah will not accept a "partial ceasefire" with Israel, a senior official from the Iran-backed group said Tuesday, refusing to halt attacks against northern Israel in exchange for Israel sparing Beirut's southern suburbs.

"We will not accept a partial ceasefire," Mahmud Qomati told AFP in a written statement, adding that "the Zionist enemy should know that any aggression against the suburbs could lead to a deeper and stronger response" from the group.

On Monday, President Trump announced a deal which Lebanese officials later said involved Israel refraining from attacking Beirut's southern suburbs in return for Hezbollah not attacking Israeli territory.

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Year-on-year inflation in Iran reached a level in May unseen since World War II, according to a report issued Monday by Iran's Central Bank, underlining the economic pain average Iranians face as the Islamic Republic faces the prospect of renewed fighting the war launched by Israel and the United States on Feb. 28.

The bank's report represents the first official acknowledgment of what Iranians shopping, paying for a taxi or visiting a medical clinic already know: The rial currency has been battered by the war and uncertainty around it resuming.

Meanwhile, longtime problems of economic mismanagement and government corruption also appear to be dragging down Iran's oil-backed economy as it remains under a U.S. naval blockade.

Economic pressure in the past has sparked nationwide protests, something Iran's theocracy has been trying to avoid since it violently quashed demonstrators in January. Rights groups estimate that over 7,000 people were killed then, and President Trump has said Iranian authorities killed some 30,000 people in the crackdown.

Experts note that new demonstrations could emerge if people find themselves priced out of feeding their families.

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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy pushed Secretary of State Marco Rubio Tuesday about what incentives, if any, Washington was willing to offer Tehran in exchange for an agreement to end the war.

Rubio said any sanctions relief for Iran would have to come in exchange for major concessions on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, including its stockpile of highly-enriched uranium.

"Will they receive relief just in exchange for reopening the strait?" Murphy asked.

Rubio responded, "No, that's not been discussed. That's not been offered." 

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, facing questions Tuesday in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began, said U.S. negotiators had seen signs that Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father to become the country's new supreme leader, has been engaged with negotiations despite not being seen publicly.

"I would imagine, given what's happened to multiple leaders in that system, being very public is probably not something that's recommended for them internally," he said. "But that said, I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly engaging at some level, although all of his communications have been in writing and through intermediaries."

In March, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters Khamenei was "wounded and likely disfigured," and a diplomatic memo seen by The Times in April, which the newspaper said was based on U.S. and Israeli intelligence, suggested Khamenei was unconscious and being treated for a "severe" medical condition in the city of Qom.

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Eight people were killed by Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon Tuesday, including a father and his two children, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA).

One strike hit a car on the road linking the southern town of Marjayoun with the city of Nabatiyeh, killing James Karam, a dentist from the nearby Christian town of Qlayaa, along with his daughter and son, NNA reported. 

The IDF issued evacuation warnings to Nabatiyeh residents Sunday and again Tuesday, saying "anyone in the vicinity of Hezbollah operatives, installations and means of warfare is putting their lives at risk."

The Lebanese army said two soldiers were lightly wounded in a drone strike on a road outside Nabatiyeh, while another strike in the village of Jibchit killed two Syrian nationals, the NNA reported, and another in the nearby village of Toul killed two. 

A separate strike hit a car near the village of Harouf, killing one person, NNA said.The Israeli military told The Associated Press that it wasn't aware of any strikes conducted in that area.

Hezbollah and Israel continue to exchange fire despite President Trump saying Monday that the two sides agreed to stop fighting while Israeli and Lebanese officials held a new round of negotiations in Washington.

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"There is no Iranian navy," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, adding that sunken Iranian boats will one day make for "prime fishing spots."

"There is no Iranian navy," he told lawmakers on Capitol Hill, in a clip posted on X by the State Department. "It lies at the bottom of the ocean, and will soon, within a number of years, be prime fishing spots because they'll turn into reefs."

Testifying before Congress, Rubio said the U.S. and Iran are still in talks, despite Iran's semi-official Fars News agency reporting Tuesday that the exchange of messages between the two countries via mediators stopped several days ago.

He also said the Iranian regime had agreed to negotiate on certain aspects of the country's nuclear program that it had previously declared off limits, and that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was a key condition for the U.S. in the negotiations.

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun said Tuesday that there is "no option other than negotiation" to end the war between Hezbollah and Israel.

Despite a ceasefire agreement signed in mid-April between Lebanon and Israel the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group and Israeli forces have continued to exchange fire, with both sides claiming to act in self defense.

Israeli forces have made their deepest incursion into southern Lebanon in a quarter of a century, exerting control over a swath of the country and forcing residents to evacuate. On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to strike Beirut, prompting thousands more to try and flee. 

Hezbollah, after accusing Israel of violating the truce early on, has continued to strike northern Israel and rejected Lebanon's negotiations with Israel as "appeasement."

Speaking to a delegation of professional syndicates Tuesday, with the fourth round of peace talks between Israel and Lebanon set to begin in Washington, Mr. Aoun said that "strife" in his country only serves Israel. 

"It is the duty of the state to take care of its citizens and not remain idle without action, and there is no option other than negotiation," he said, according to a post on X by the Lebanese presidency.

"Strength is not in waging war," said Aoun, "but in having the courage and wisdom to end the war through negotiation in the interest of the country, which remains the fundamental priority above all else."

The exchange of messages between Iran and the United States via mediators stopped several days ago, Iran's semi-official Fars News agency said Tuesday, contradicting President Trump's assertion on Monday that talks with Iran were progressing "at a rapid pace."

Fars quoted an unnamed "informed source" as saying the last message sent by Tehran to Washington conveyed a clear stance regarding Iran's demand for an end to Israel's parallel war with Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of any agreement between Washington and Iran's leadership.

"The exchange of messages between Iran and the U.S. has been suspended for at least a few days for what is called the initial memorandum of understanding" between the countries, Fars said.

Millions of people are expected to come out onto the streets for a multi-city funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's, who was killed on Feb. 28, the first day of joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. 

Mohammad Amin Tavakoli-Zadeh, an official with Tehran's government, was quoted by the country's state-run IRNA news agency as saying the city was preparing for "more than 15 to 20 million people in the capital."

He added that the funeral would be held in three Iranian cities: Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad.

Khamenei will be buried at the holy shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, which is expected to host mourners from Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Bangladesh, as well as thousands of Iranians.

"We will witness the largest gathering of Shiites and even beyond that, Muslims," said Tavakoli-Zadeh, who added that no date had yet been set for the event.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' navy said it targeted the MSC Sariska V Monday in retaliation for a U.S. attack on the Iranian vessel M/V Lian Star in the Sea of Oman.

Video circulating on social media Monday showed a hole in the Sariska V's starboard side, with pro-Iran social media accounts and Iraqi media saying the incident happened off the coast of Umm Qasr, Iraq. 

U.S. Central Command said in a statement that American forces struck the M/V Lian Star Friday after issuing 20 warnings. CENTCOM said the vessel was attempting to sail to an Iranian port in violation of the U.S. naval blockade that began on April 13.

The IRGC warned that any further U.S. "aggression" would be met with a "decisive response."

The IRGC claimed the Sariska V was American-Israeli owned, which MSC has denied. The shipping company said Tuesday that all its crew members were safe and unharmed, and that it's ownership was Italian.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tuesday that 24 vessels had passed through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with the corps' naval forces over the previous 24 hours.

The ships transited the channel after "obtaining authorization and coordinating with the force," the IRGC said. Iran has been charging ships what it calls service "fees" for use of the vital waterway, which, before the war, would typically see around one-fifth of the world's gas and oil supplies pass through on tankers.

The IRGC confirmed on Tuesday, meanwhile, that it had targeted the MSC Sariska V container ship the previous day in retaliation for a U.S. attack on the Iranian vessel M/V Lian Star in the Sea of Oman. The Sariska's owner confirmed earlier Tuesday that the cargo ship was hit by two projectiles off Iraq's coast.

Also Tuesday, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, a new entity established by Iran to manage maritime transit in the Strait of Hormuz, said more than 300 non-Iranian vessels had applied for safe passage through the strait since early May.

In a post on X, the PGSA said that "in conditions of restrictions arising from war, it prioritizes the passage of ships associated with aligned governments."

Israeli arms exports have reached an all-time high for the fifth consecutive year, hitting more than $19 billion in 2025 driven by sales of missile, rocket and air defense systems, the defense ministry announced Tuesday.

Israel is among the world's leading arms exporters. Its forces have fought on several fronts since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack triggered the war in Gaza, including against Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and alongside the U.S. against Iran.

"Israel's all-time defense export record has been broken for the fifth consecutive year, with $19.2 billion in 2025 – a nearly 30 percent surge compared to the previous year, more than doubling in five years and quadrupling in a decade," the defense ministry said in a statement.

Missile, rocket and air defense systems were the top exports, accounting for 29% of deals, it said, adding that a "notable surge was recorded in observation and optronics systems."

European countries purchased 36% of Israel's defense exports, while countries in the Asia-Pacific region bought 32% and Middle Eastern and North African nations accounted for 15% of the sales.

"There is a clear and unmistakable thread connecting the [Israel Defense Forces] battlefield achievements across all fronts, the extraordinary capabilities of Israel's defense industries, and the success of Israeli defense exports around the world," defense minister Israel Katz was quoted as saying in the statement.

In April, the ministry said it planned to accelerate production of Arrow missile interceptors amid the war with Iran.

The announcement came after some news reports raised questions about how long Israel's interceptor stocks would last, with some analysts pointing to possible shortages of top-tier Arrow interceptors in particular.

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Iran has not yet revealed all of its "trump cards," the deputy head of the country's central military command said Tuesday.

"We have not yet played all our trump cards," Brigadier General Mohammad Jafar Asadi said in an interview with the news website Defa Press. "There are many capabilities that, if necessary, we will use."

Asadi said the U.S. was seeking no less than Iran's complete surrender, but he said the Iranian nation would never submit to what it considers excessive demands.

"When surrender is not an option, war lies ahead. Therefore, we are prepared and have no issue with war," he said, adding that Iran would have "no concern" even if NATO were to deploy troops to the region.

Lebanon's civil defense agency said Tuesday that six people were killed in a single Israeli strike on the southern village of Marwaniyeh the previous evening.

In a statement on Facebook, the agency said rescue operations had been ongoing since late Monday at the site of "a residential building that was targeted" in Marwaniyeh, near the coastal city of Sidon, adding: "These operations resulted in the removal of six bodies and the rescue of three wounded people."

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency had earlier reported an Israeli strike on the village after the Israeli military ordered residents to evacuate.

President Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday and asked him "not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon," which Israel had threatened earlier in the day. 

"He turned his Troops around," Mr. Trump said after the call. 

Despite the president's claim that Israel and Hezbollah agreed Monday to halt fighting ahead of a new round of Israel-Lebanon peace talks in Washington, the two sides continued clashing overnight.

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President Trump's claim that he convinced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to carry out a threatened attack on Lebanon's capital Beirut is evidence of the United States' "direct role" in managing Israel's conduct in the war, Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tuesday.

Mr. Trump said on Truth Social that he had asked Netanyahu during a phone call Monday to "not to go into a major raid of Beirut," which Israel had threatened earlier in the day. 

"He turned his Troops around," Mr. Trump said.

In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Mr. Trump's claim was, "more than an indication of Washington's peace-seeking nature, evidence of the United States' direct role in managing the aggressions of the Israeli regime."

"If the decision to strike the capital of an independent state can be changed with a phone call," he said, "the main question is why months of ceasefire violations, aggression against Lebanon, the displacement of people, and threats to that country's sovereignty continued with Western political and military support."

Gharibabadi said the "regional crisis" is not down to "scattered tensions," but "the product of the crimes and immunity of the Israeli regime."

Israel and Hezbollah continued clashing overnight despite Mr. Trump saying the two sides had agreed to halt fighting ahead of a new round of U.S.-brokered talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials in Washington.

Transferring Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium out of the country would be "difficult but not impossible," the head of the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.

"Such an operation is not easy," Rafael Grossi told Al Jazeera, "because this is in gas form, highly contaminant, and it's not an easy operation."

Alternative options, including "downblending" Iran's near-weapons-grade uranium into a less potent form, were also under discussion, he said.

Iran's nuclear capabilities have been a central part of indirect negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. The IAEA estimates that Iran has about 970 pounds of uranium enriched to 60% purity, enough for roughly nine nuclear weapons if it were to be further enriched, according to the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Uranium is weapons-grade when it is processed to 90% purity.

Grossi's comments come after President Trump said late last week that Iran's "nuclear dust," as he calls it, should either be taken out of the country or destroyed under international supervision.

"All of these things are the things we have been discussing," the IAEA chief said, adding that the agency was not directly involved in negotiations between Iran and the U.S., but that it was in contact with both countries. "Our contribution to this is to make it [a potential agreement] possible, to make it viable." 

The IAEA has previously said the highly-enriched uranium is believed to be buried under rubble at one of the Iranian nuclear facilities badly damaged in the U.S. and Israeli strikes in June 2025.

Equities mostly rose Tuesday as investors assessed the chances of a Middle East peace agreement, though mixed signals from President Trump and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu over ending Israel's attacks in Lebanon caused uncertainty.

While Wall Street ended with more tech-led records, Asia's recent rally stuttered, while attention also turned to the release of U.S. jobs data at the end of the week.

Monday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is close to the powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported said Tehran would keep a block on the Strait of Hormuz and, with its allies, "activate other fronts," including the Bab al-Mandab strait at the entrance of the Red Sea.

The comments sent oil prices surging as much as 7% Monday before they pared the gains. Both main crude contracts fell on Tuesday.

Despite uncertainty hanging over the crisis, Asian equities mostly advanced after a slow start to the day, helped by another surge in tech firms.

Seoul, which has been at the forefront of the rally this year, reversed a morning retreat to end at another all-time high, while Hong Kong jumped more than 2% thanks to a more than 10% jump in tech giant Tencent. Ecommerce titans Alibaba and JD.com also enjoyed huge gains.

Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Manila, Mumbai, Bangkok and Jakarta also rose but there were losses in Tokyo, Sydney and Wellington. London, Paris and Frankfurt climbed at the open.

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The Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company said Tuesday that all crew members from its container ship MSC Sariska V were safe and unharmed after the vessel was struck by projectiles off Iraq's Persian Gulf coast the previous day. The company refuted claims of links to Israel or the U.S.

Video circulating Monday on social media showed damage to the MSC Sariska V's starboard side after pro-Iran social media accounts and Iraqi media said the ship suffered an explosion off the coast of Umm Qasr, Iraq. 

The British Navy's Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) said a vessel was hit by an unknown projectile in the same area, but it didn't identify the ship.

MSC said the ship was struck by two projectiles: The first came as it was leaving the port, and the second "impacted the crew area soon afterwards."

"All crew members are safe, unharmed and acted with exceptional professionalism throughout the incident to secure the vessel, and its cargo," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

MSC also denied allegations that the company is affiliated with Israel or the U.S., saying it is a "neutral commercial carrier" wholly owned by the children of founder Captain Gianluigi Aponte, all Italian nationals with no other citizenship, and that it is both "headquartered and domiciled in Switzerland."

Iran's IRGC has repeatedly threatened Israeli and American vessels in the Persian Gulf and those attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war in February, but has also attacked civilian vessels with no connections to either country.

MSC is one of the largest shipping liners in the world, with a market share of 21.1% as of late 2025, and the company boasts 675 offices in 155 countries. It promotes weekly services to Haifa and Ashdod ports in Israel.

Iranian officials are still discussing the latest draft of a potential agreement with the U.S. and have not yet submitted a response, Iran's semi-official Mehr News agency reported Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the talks.

"The United States is concerned about war; we are concerned about an agreement," the source said. "Based on ‌previous experiences, ⁠Iran is seeking ‌tangible ⁠and real benefits."

Another Iranian news agency, Tasnim, which is closely linked to the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Monday that the regime had suspended indirect negotiations with the U.S.

It was unclear from the Mehr report whether Iranian negotiators did intend to send a reply to the U.S. team via Pakistani mediators, and if so, when.

President Trump said Monday that the negotiations were "continuing, at a rapid pace."

A senior Iranian military officer said Tuesday that a resumption of hostilities with the United States was inevitable, as negotiations between Tehran and Washington appeared to stall.

"The United States demands our total surrender, and the Iranian nation will never surrender," said Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy head of Iran's central military command, Khatam al-Anbiya. "Without surrender, war is inevitable."

Israel and Hezbollah clashed overnight despite President Trump's announcement that both sides had agreed to halt fighting ahead of U.S.-hosted talks between Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday.

Hezbollah claimed multiple attacks on Israeli targets, mainly in south Lebanon, including some after Mr. Trump's announcement.

Hezbollah also claimed a rocket attack on an Israeli tank early Tuesday in Hadatha, in southern Lebanon, saying on Telegram it was fighting "the advance of Israeli forces."

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli strikes late Monday on several villages and towns in the country's south.

The Israeli military, for its part, said it intercepted two projectiles from Lebanon without any casualties on Tuesday. 

France's foreign minister said Tuesday that nothing could justify Israeli troops remaining deep inside Lebanon, after Israel and Hezbollah clashed overnight despite a US announcement that both sides had agreed to halt fighting.

"Nothing can justify the continuation of military operations and Israel's prolonged occupation deep inside Lebanese territory," Jean-Noel Barrot told France TV.

President Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "turned his troops around" in Lebanon following their earlier phone call.

"I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around," Mr. Trump said. 

The president also said he spoke with representatives of Hezbollah, who "agreed to stop shooting at Israel, and its soldiers."

"Likewise, Israel agreed to stop shooting at them," Mr. Trump said. "Let's see how long that lasts — Hopefully it will be for ETERNITY!"

Earlier, Netanyahu said that he told Mr. Trump that his country would strike Beirut if Hezbollah doesn't stop attacking Israel. Meanwhile, the Israeli military will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon, Netanyahu said.

Axios reported Monday that the phone call between the two leaders was expletive-laden, with Mr. Trump scolding Netanyahu for Israel's ongoing invasion of Lebanon and threats to bomb Hezbollah targets in Beirut. 

A U.S. official told the website that the president told his Israeli counterpart: "You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."

A second source who was briefed on the call said Mr. Trump yelled "What the fuck are you doing?"

An Israeli official told Axios that Israel no longer plans to strike Beirut.

Lebanon's Embassy in Washington said Monday that Hezbollah had accepted a U.S. proposal to stop attacking Israel in exchange for Israel halting attacks on south Beirut.

Under the arrangement, which Hezbollah has accepted according to a statement shared by the Lebanese presidency, "Israeli strikes on Dahiyeh would cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from launching attacks against Israel," referring to Beirut's southern suburbs, which Israel had threatened to strike on Monday.

Israel's growing offensive in Lebanon, including its deepest ground invasion in two decades and heavy bombardment, had threatened to scupper the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran in the wider Middle East war.

President Trump announced on social media that "all shooting will stop" between Israel and Hezbollah.

Mr. Trump also said on his Truth Social platform that no Israeli troops would be going to the Lebanese capital of Beirut and any troops that were heading to the city have turned back.

The president said the agreement came after he had separate calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "highly placed Representatives" of Hezbollah.

"They agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel," Mr. Trump said.

President Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran "are continuing, at a rapid pace."

He made the remark on his Truth Social platform without providing any additional information or details.