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Trump says Netanyahu could use 'softer touch' in Lebanon
17 June 2026 18:10 BST
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in Lebanon, in comments made at the close of a G7 Summit in France.
"Netanyahu happens to be a good man, gets a little excited sometimes," Trump told reporters on Wednesday.
"We have a little dispute over Lebanon. I say you can do a little softer touch, Bibi. You don't have to knock down a building every time somebody walks into it that's from Hezbollah."
Trump added that he agreed with the description of Israel as being "the very small partner" of the US.
