Benjamin Netanyahu listened, kinda sorta: The Israeli military has stopped striking Beirut, seemingly buckling under pressure from President Donald Trump and others to deescalate lest a regional ceasefire be threatened. (Iran will not make a deal if Israel continues to strike allies.) Still, Israel's prime minister has decided to maintain the military offensive against Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon, issuing new evacuation orders Tuesday for Nabatieh, one of the region's largest cities, indicating that more strikes will follow.
"Trump later said on social media that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to stop their attacks on each other," reports The New York Times, "while the Lebanese government—which does not include or control Hezbollah—said a new truce was taking shape."
