Trump says he urged Israel to agree Lebanon ceasefire
US President Donald Trump said he spoke with Israeli officials and urged them to agree to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, welcoming a truce that could remove a major obstacle to broader diplomacy with Iran.
In a phone interview with NBC News on Friday, Trump said he had asked Israeli officials to support a ceasefire with the Iran-backed Lebanese group. He declined to say whether he had spoken directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump described the ceasefire as "a positive" and called it "little icing on the cake."
The Lebanon truce could therefore remove one of the key points of contention surrounding implementation of the recently signed US-Iran memorandum of understanding and the launch of broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
