Hyderabad, June 2 -- United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered sharply differing accounts of a phone conversation on Monday, June 1, regarding Israel's military operations in Lebanon.

Trump claimed he had persuaded Netanyahu to halt a planned major military operation in Beirut, while Netanyahu publicly maintained that Israel's position on attacks in Lebanon remained unchanged.

Trump says he urged restraint

Posting on Truth Social, Trump said he had spoken to Netanyahu and asked him not to launch a major raid on Beirut.

"I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his troops around, thank you Bibi," Trump wrote.

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