{"id":14946,"date":"2026-06-14T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=14946"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:02:16","slug":"trump-warns-israel-and-iran-not-to-blow-it-after-new-strikes-threaten-emerging-ceasefire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=14946","title":{"rendered":"Trump warns Israel and Iran not to \u2018blow it\u2019 after new strikes threaten emerging ceasefire deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JULIA FRANKEL, ABBY SEWELL, MUNIR AHMED and SAMY MAGDY<\/strong><\/p>\n

JERUSALEM (AP) \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged no further attacks by anyone after Israel\u2019s military said it launched strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut, potentially complicating efforts to finalize a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war. Smoke rose over the Lebanese capital, and the health ministry said three people were killed and 16 others wounded.<\/p>

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Iran threatened a military response. Trump reacted on social media: \u201cWe are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s not blow it!\u201d<\/p>\n

The deal in its current form is a deep disappointment to Israel\u2019s government, which has been sidelined in negotiations led by Pakistan and others. The last time Israel struck the Beirut suburbs a week ago, it set off the most serious escalation of fighting between Iran and Israel since the tenuous ceasefire took hold April 7.<\/p>\n

Trump, who had said the deal could be signed Sunday, has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop hitting Lebanon hard while a deal is near, but the prime minister has defied him.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s office said the strikes were in response to Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel. Israel\u2019s military said Hezbollah launched three projectiles, releasing footage where an audible boom was followed by rising smoke. There was no immediate comment from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael will not tolerate firing into its territory,\u201d Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement. The military later said it was preparing for potential incoming fire in the coming hours.<\/p>\n

Trump described the attack on northern Israel as \u201cvery small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process.\u201d<\/p>

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An Associated Press photographer at the scene in Beirut said a five-story apartment building with shops on the ground floor was struck. The two lowest floors were the most heavily damaged. Residents of the southern suburbs, many of whom had returned home after weeks of relative calm, could be seen fleeing.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah fired missiles into Israel on March 2, two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, sparking war in the Middle East. Israeli troops have since pushed their invasion of Lebanon deeper than at any point in over a quarter century.<\/p>\n

Iran wants a ceasefire deal to include the fighting in Lebanon. It\u2019s unclear whether that would mean Israeli forces\u2019 withdrawal and when. Most of Hezbollah\u2019s attacks in recent weeks have targeted Israeli troops inside Lebanon.<\/p>\n