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Trump reins in Netanyahu over Lebanon after Iran threatens to quit talks
President Trump intervened to halt Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to bomb Hezbollah targets in Beirut after Iran threatened to abandon U.S.-Iran negotiations. Trump's call with Netanyahu reportedly prevented the strikes, which Israel had announced following Hezbollah's ceasefire violations in Lebanon.
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