US President Donald Trump says Israel halts a planned assault on Beirut following a phone call, according to reports from Australian outlets. The reports also say Trump claims the decision to pause the operation is linked to ongoing diplomatic activity involving Iran. Trump further asserts that negotiations with Iran continue “at a rapid pace.” At the same time, the articles note that Trump made sharply different remarks shortly earlier to news outlets, saying he was “bored” with the talks and that he “couldn’t care less” if the negotiations collapsed. The outlets present these statements as part of a rapidly changing public exchange about the status of the Israel-Beirut operation and the state of US-led or US-involved efforts to manage tensions with Iran. The reports do not provide additional confirmed operational details beyond Trump’s characterizations of both events.