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Trump shocked Netanyahu with post declaring Lebanon strikes "prohibited"
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Key facts
- Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Israel asked the White House for clarifications about President Trump's post that Israel was "prohibited" from conducting airstrikes in Lebanon, a U.S
- Catch up quickly: Trump announced on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire
- Aides, including Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter, began scrambling to understand whether the U.S. had changed course
- After Axios asked the White House for a comment, a U.S. official clarified Trump's remarks
Summary
Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Israel asked the White House for clarifications about President Trump's post that Israel was "prohibited" from conducting airstrikes in Lebanon, a U.S. source and another source familiar tell Axios. The implication of Trump's post — that he was issuing an order that Israel had no choice but to obey — would have been unthinkable under other U.S. administrations. Catch up quickly: Trump announced on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire.