Aya Batraoui
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And it's part of a broader offensive by Israel and Lebanon that's been rapidly expanding.
Exactly.
Hezbollah, an Iran proxy, got into this war when it fired rockets back at Israel following months of ceasefire on its end after Israeli airstrikes killed Iran's supreme leader in February.
And since then, a Israel's invaded southern Lebanon, as you know, raising villages, displacing over a million Lebanese and killing hundreds of women and children and more than 100 paramedics, according to Lebanese authorities.
And then over the weekend, Israel took control of a symbolic and strategic medieval castle in southern Lebanon and its deepest incursion into that country in nearly three decades.
So yesterday, Iran said enough is enough.
And a semi-official news outlet close to Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it was suspending talks via mediators with the U.S.
over all of this.
And it was only hours earlier, I'll remind you, that Trump had said Iran really wants to deal with the U.S.
and told his critics in a post online to, quote, just sit back and relax.
But after Iran's threats, Trump called Netanyahu
and said he asked him not to raid Beirut and to turn his troops around.
He says he also spoke with representatives of Hezbollah and got them to agree to stop shooting at Israeli soldiers in South Lebanon.
And he said, quote, let's see how long this lasts, hopefully for eternity.
I mean, it's increasingly clear they're not and that they're actually at odds.
And this is playing out in Lebanon.
We know the two men had contentious calls about Iran, with Trump pushing for a diplomatic solution to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran now controls, and Netanyahu pushing back.
And keep in mind, both these men are facing elections this year.
The Iran war is not popular in the U.S., but it does have broad support in Israel.
And expanding the war in Lebanon derails those peace efforts with Iran.
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