U.S. President Donald Trump issues a rare public rebuke of Israel’s military tactics in Lebanon, where Israel targets Hezbollah militants. Trump says it is unnecessary to bomb entire apartment buildings in order to hunt militants, and he argues that such methods are killing civilians. The criticism comes as Trump has recently voiced concern about Israeli attacks in Beirut that he said could endanger a U.S. peace deal with Iran. In his remarks, Trump describes Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah—an Iran-aligned Lebanese militia—as having continued “too long.” The outlets report that Trump’s comments reflect displeasure with Israel’s approach and highlight the risk of civilian casualties tied to the scale of the attacks. The articles do not provide new figures on casualties or changes to military operations, but they agree on the central point: Trump publicly challenges the need for broad strikes on residential buildings during the campaign against Hezbollah.
Trump criticizes Israel’s Lebanon tactics as killing civilians in apartment bombings
U.S. President Donald Trump issues a rare public rebuke of Israel’s military tactics in Lebanon, where Israel targets Hezbollah militants. Trump says it is unnecessary to bomb entire apartment buildin...
- Trump publicly criticizes Israel’s military tactics in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah.
- Trump says bombing entire apartment buildings to hunt militants is unnecessary.
- Trump says the approach is killing civilians.
- Trump links the remarks to recent concern about Israeli attacks in Beirut.
- Trump describes Israel’s fight against Hezbollah as having continued “too long.”
US President Donald Trump issued a rare public rebuke of Israel's military tactics in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants, saying it was unnecessary to bomb entire apartment buildings to hunt militants.
4 hours agoThe US president said it was unnecessary to bomb entire apartment buildings to hunt militants.
4 hours agoBy Humeyra PamukWASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a rare public rebuke of Israel's military tactics in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants, saying it was unnecessary to bomb entire apartment buildings to hunt militants.Trump, who in recent days had expressed his displeasure over Israeli attacks in Beirut that he said could have endangered his peace deal with Iran, said Israel has been fighting Hezbollah, the Iran-aligned Lebanese militia, for "too long".
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