President Donald Trump announced Monday afternoon that Israel will not send ground troops into Beirut and that Hezbollah has committed to halting all attacks on Israel, claiming a diplomatic breakthrough as the U.S.-brokered April ceasefire between the two sides has steadily collapsed.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he held a “very productive call” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which it was agreed that “there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.” He added that through “highly placed Representatives,” he had a “very good call with Hezbollah,” and that the Iran-backed group agreed “that all shooting will stop.” Trump said Israel will not attack Hezbollah and Hezbollah will not attack Israel.

Moments after Trump sent the post, rocket alerts sounded in northern Israeli communities as further Hezbollah attacks continued despite the president’s assurances otherwise.

The announcement comes one day after the IDF said its ground forces had seized the Beaufort Ridge outpost and Wadi al-Saluki area beyond the Litani River, deep inside Lebanese territory. Hezbollah responded with more than 50 rockets and a barrage of drones directed at northern Israel.

Trump’s post did not specify which channels were used to reach Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organization by the United States. The administration has previously communicated with the group through Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a longtime Hezbollah ally. Berri had told the Trump administration that Hezbollah was prepared for a full and immediate ceasefire and would guarantee its implementation, according to Axios.

The president’s claim that Israeli troops bound for Beirut had been “turned back” was not immediately confirmed by the IDF or the Prime Minister’s Office. Israeli officials have presented Netanyahu in recent days with operational plans for the Lebanese capital, including options that would require evacuating civilians from Beirut’s Dahiyeh district, according to Israeli media reports.

Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said in a joint statement Sunday that Hezbollah’s headquarters in Dahiyeh would no longer be considered “off-limits.” Katz warned that “if there is no quiet in the north, there will be no quiet in Beirut.”

The 2026 Lebanon war began on March 2, when Hezbollah launched rockets at northern Israel in what it called a “defensive act” tied to Israeli operations against Iran during the broader regional conflict. The IDF responded with airstrikes across southern Lebanon and Beirut, and on March 16 announced ground operations against Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon.

Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon on April 16, which was later extended by three weeks. The truce has frayed steadily, with daily exchanges of fire across the border and Israeli ground advances beyond the so-called “yellow line” established under the agreement. Eleven Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon since the ceasefire took effect, according to the IDF.

The Trump administration has previously pressured Netanyahu to refrain from striking the Lebanese capital. After Trump announced the original ceasefire in April, he wrote on Truth Social that “Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer,” a statement that reportedly left Netanyahu “personally stunned and alarmed,” according to Axios reporting at the time.

Lebanese officials had told the White House before Monday’s announcement that Hezbollah was prepared to commit to a comprehensive ceasefire without demanding an immediate Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, a longstanding sticking point in negotiations. The Israeli government has insisted that any final arrangement must include the disarmament of Hezbollah.

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