President Donald Trump criticized an Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday, as Iran threatened to walk away from peace talks over the attack.
"This morning’s attack on Beirut should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran," Trump wrote on Truth Social of the strike, which killed three people, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
"There should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there should also be no more attacks by any other party, including Hezbollah, against Israel," Trump posted on his social media site, calling on both sides to "stand down."
The Israeli army said it targeted a "Hezbollah command center" in Beirut after it launched "aerial targets" toward Israel.
Soon after the attack, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened to halt peace talks with the United States, which are reportedly in the final stages, after Israel bombed the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
“The Zionists’ aggression against Dahieh once again showed that the United States either lacks the will to implement its commitments or lacks the ability to do so,” Ghalibaf, who is also Iran’s top negotiator in the current talks, said in a post on X after the bombing.
“If you do not have the will or the ability to fulfil your commitments, then there is no point in talking about continuing down this path,” he added.
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Iran has insisted that an eventual deal with the U.S. to end the war would include a halt to Israel’s bombing campaign against Hezbollah and occupation of southern Lebanon. Israel’s refusal to accept such a measure has reportedly caused a rift between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump, culminating in an expletive-laden call between the two leaders earlier this month over
