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Trump says Netanyahu agreed not to send Israeli troops to Beirut

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 1904 words · By FRANCE
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Trump says Netanyahu agreed not to send Israeli troops to Beirut President Donald Trump on Monday said he had persuaded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to send troops to southern Beirut.

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What happened

Trump says Netanyahu agreed not to send Israeli troops to Beirut President Donald Trump on Monday said he had persuaded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to send troops to southern Beirut.

Why it matters

The phone call between the US and Israeli leaders came after Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to open "new fronts" and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed due to Israel's offensive in Lebanon.

Common ground

Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.

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Claim 1: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with President Donald Trump on Monday”
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Claim 2: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to push deeper into Lebanon after his military took over the medieval castle of Beaufort on Sunday.”
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Claim 3: “fighters targeted a Merkava tank with an attack drone, and Israeli troops with "barrages of rockets and artillery shelling" [in the town of Hadatha]”
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Web search results explicitly confirm Hezbollah's claim of targeting a Merkava tank with a drone and Israeli troops with rockets and artillery in the town of Hadatha.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... Hezbollah says in the town of Hadatha, its fighters targeted a Merkava tank with an attack drone, and Israeli troops with “barrages of rockets ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZwGO6FCmzP/
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... Hezbollah said its fighters destroyed three Israeli Merkava tanks and killed several soldiers in a coordinated ambush at Ali al-Taher ...
https://www.facebook.com/YeniSafakEnglish/posts/hezbollah-sa…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... Israel was never at war with Lebanon or the Lebanese, only The PLO and Hezbollah. 1d · 1 like. Alove Imagen.
https://www.facebook.com/trtworld/posts/an-israeli-tank-batt…
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Claim 4: “One American soldier and one British soldier died during a training exercise in Iraq”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference and multiple independent web search results (Flipboard, Google News, FreshOffThePress) stating one US and one UK soldier died during a training exercise in Iraq.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War (Gulf War II), was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 15 June 2014, United States President Barack Obama ordered United States forces to be dispatched in response to the Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) of the Islamic State (ISIL), as part of Opera…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat operations. The invasion was conduc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
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Claim 5: “The French government is limiting Israeli defence companies to exhibiting only air defence products at this year’s Eurosatory international exhibition”
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Claim 6: “fighters targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Bayada "with a guided missile".”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific attack on a Merkava tank in the town of Bayada.
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Claim 7: “Guterres proposes three options ranging from nearly 2,000 to more than 5,500 uniformed UN personnel”
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Claim 8: “The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into northern Israel early on Tuesday”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference (The Guardian) and multiple web search results stating the Israeli military intercepted two projectiles from Lebanon into northern Israel on Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began in September 2024 following nearly 12 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
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Claim 9: “The deaths occurred on Sunday at an air base in Irbil in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq”
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Three independent web search results (Xinhua, Rudaw, and a US Army post on X) confirm the deaths occurred on Sunday at an air base in Irbil in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
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web search NEUTRAL — An Iraqi Kurdish security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua the two soldiers died on Sunday during military drills with Kurdish security forces at a military base near the Erbil …
https://english.news.cn/20260602/3357c67238dd4b61916433874d2…
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web search NEUTRAL — Two British and American soldiers died on Sunday during a "training" accident in the Kurdistan Region, announced their armies on Monday.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/958825
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web search NEUTRAL — The deaths occurred Sunday at an air base in Irbil in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where the U.S. has retained a presence, the U.S. Army said in a post on X. The statement said…
https://www.kptv.com/2026/06/02/us-soldier-british-soldier-d…
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Claim 10: “a suspicious aerial target later fell inside Israeli territory near the Lebanese border.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that a suspicious aerial target fell inside Israeli territory near the Lebanese border, with some specifying it landed in a military area.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began in September 2024 following nearly 12 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_war
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Claim 11: “The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force Esmaeil Qaani has said that Israeli operations in Lebanon and Gaza will lead the Resistance Axis... to establish a similar traffic situation both in Bab El Mandeb and Hormuz Strait”
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Claim 12: “Hezbollah claimed several attacks late Monday on Israeli targets in south Lebanon”
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Multiple web search results (BBC News and others) confirm that Hezbollah claimed attacks on Israeli targets in southern Lebanon on Monday night.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed at least 14 people on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said, including seven after Iran threatened to attack Israel again if it continued bombing the countr…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/lebanon-says-is…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, as Iran calls for an end to attacks on the country.Hezbollah has also claimed it has fired rockets at advancing Israeli forces on Monday night.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/crkvm265y7kt
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web search NEUTRAL — Hezbollah claims 16 attacks on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.The Lebanese Ministry of Health says a total of 3,666 people have been killed since Israel escalated its attacks on the country on Mar…
https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/international/news/hezbollah-a…
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Claim 13: “President Donald Trump on Monday said he had persuaded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to send troops to southern Beirut.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that President Donald Trump said on Monday he persuaded Benjamin Netanyahu not to send troops to southern Beirut.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire to the 2026 Iran war and Hezbollah signalling a pause in attacks against Israel according to the ceasefire, Israel launched what it descr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_April_2026_Israeli_attacks_o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2026, from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald T…
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Claim 14: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he had told US President Donald Trump that Israel would attack "terror" targets in Beirut if Hezbollah did not cease its attacks on Israeli cities.”
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Claim 15: “Brent crude futures inched up 6 cents, or 0.06%, to $95.04 a barrel at 0001 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate fell 17 cents, or 0.18%, to $91.99 a barrel.”
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While web search results provide oil prices for various dates in 2026, none of the provided evidence matches the specific prices ($95.04 for Brent and $91.99 for WTI) at the specific time (0001 GMT) mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 23 October 2019, the bodies of 39 people — 31 men and eight women, all Vietnamese nationals — were found in the trailer of an articulated refrigerator lorry in Grays, Essex, United Kingdom. The tra…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sark (Sercquiais: Sèr or Cerq, French: Sercq) is an island in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, and part of the archipelago of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwi…
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Claim 16: “UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday that it will be necessary to maintain peacekeepers in Lebanon after the mandate of the current mission expires at year-end.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Antonio Guterres' statement on the necessity of maintaining peacekeepers in Lebanon after the year-end mandate.
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Claim 17: “the Lebanese presidential office has posted a statement by Lebanon's embassy in Washington saying Hezbollah has accepted a US proposal calling for a "reciprocal cessation of attacks".”
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Claim 18: “Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to open "new fronts" and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed over Israel's offensive in Lebanon”
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Claim 19: “The Israeli military issued an evacuation warning and ordered strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs”
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Claim 20: “The Eurosatory exhibition runs from June 15 to 19 this year.”
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