A frustrated Donald Trump said Israel's attack on Beirut 'should not have happened' while warning the Middle Eastern country and Hezbollah not to 'blow' it after Benjamin Netanyahu launched strikes.The Israeli military said Hezbollah had launched three projectiles towards communities in northern Israel earlier in the day, describing the attack as a blatant breach of the ceasefire.'The IDF has now attacked terrorist targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation ⁠in the Dahiyeh neighbourhood of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah's firing into Israeli territory,' a joint statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said.Following the attack, the US President took to his Truth Social platform, stating: 'This morning's attack on Beirut should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran.'Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process. 'We are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should stand down. There should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there should also be no more attacks by any other party, including Hezbollah, against Israel. 'This could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace — Let's not blow it! Thank you for your attention to this matter.'In a phone call with the news website Axios, he claimed the attack has delayed the signing of a peace deal with Iran, but insisted that Tehran would sign it within a few short hours. He said: 'It shook it up. It delayed the signing by a few hours. It was supposed to be now. Now it is scheduled for a few hours from now.'In an expletive-laden comment, he fumed at Netanyahu for ordering the attack: 'Why did Bibi [Netanyahu] have to do a f***ing attack? I was so pissed off. I let him know. He has no fucking judgement. I let him know that.'It is so bad - I couldn't believe it. An hour before we are supposed to sign the deal.' A frustrated Donald Trump said Israel's attack on Beirut 'should not have happened' Smoke billows from Israeli air strikes from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tebniet on the outskirts of the major city of Nabatieh on June 14Members of security forces and onlookers gather near a heavily damaged building following an Israeli airstrike on the Dahieh district in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 14, 2026 People gather at the site where an Israeli airstrike struck an apartment in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs In a social media post, Trump said the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes, would be 'open to all' once an agreement had been reachedShortly after uploading the post, Barack Obama chimed in, saying it was unrealistic to expect that any deal between Trump and Tehran would mark a 'significant improvement' over his own nuclear pact 11 years ago. In interview excerpts released Sunday on ABC News talk show This Week, the former president also suggested it was better to negotiate a deal that falls short of all of Washington's requirements in order to avoid an outright war.'It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place,' Obama said, referring to 2015's landmark pact that Trump abandoned.Obama said his own deal 'had worked for a long stretch of time before... the United States pulled out of it.'Trump has stressed that the deal, which he says would forever block Iran's ability to produce a nuclear weapon and would lead to the immediate opening of the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, could be signed on Sunday.Tehran has not confirmed it will sign a deal yet, saying that for now, there was 'no point' in peace talks with the United States.Today, Iran's highest national security body warned that a response was 'imminent.''The response of the fighters of Islam is imminent,' the Supreme National Security Council said in a statement on X. 'Lebanon is our life and violation of the red lines of the Islamic Republic will not be tolerated.'Obama said the troubled progress of a new US-Iran deal is a reminder that Washington cannot 'just bully our way or bomb our way to solutions' instead of engaging in comprehensive diplomacy.'You'd think we would have learned that lesson by now,' he said.Netanyahu's office earlier said that the Israeli military had 'carried out strikes in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut against terrorist targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation, in response to Hezbollah's firing toward Israeli territory.'Israel's military added that it had 'precisely struck' a Hezbollah infrastructure site in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut that is regarded as a stronghold of the militant group.There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah on Israel's statement. However, the group said it had launched missiles and drones towards Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported that one strike hit an apartment in the Ghobeiry neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs.Images from the scene showed plumes of smoke and dust rising above the area, while debris littered nearby streets as residents searched through the aftermath.Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, have repeatedly warned that Israel would target Beirut's southern suburbs if Hezbollah attacked northern Israeli communities. Israeli leaders say the position has the backing of Washington.Earlier on Sunday, two Right-wing Israeli ministers had called for retaliation against Dahiyeh.'The shooting at northern communities is a test of the Dahiyeh Doctrine that the prime minister declared. I call on him to implement it decisively and firmly, and to bring down buildings in Dahiyeh,' Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on X.National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also urged a forceful response, writing on X: 'I will demand and clarify once again my position today in the discussion with the Prime Minister: For every drone - a missile. For every violation - fire. For every UAV - Hezbollah must tremble. For every hair on the head of an IDF soldier - a thousand Hezbollah terrorists. Against terror, we do not contain, we crush!'Israel also struck Beirut's southern suburbs last Sunday after saying it had intercepted rockets launched by Hezbollah into Israeli territory.Iran responded to that attack by firing missiles towards Israel, prompting Israeli retaliatory strikes before both sides halted fire. Tehran had repeatedly warned that it would strike Israel if Beirut was targeted.On Sunday, Lebanon's NNA said Israeli strikes hit more than a dozen locations across southern Lebanon. The attacks reportedly took place both before and after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings covering almost 30 locations. The Israeli army issued warning to evacuate 29 villages and towns in southern Lebanon as it continued its ground advance making the deepest incursion into Lebanese territory in over a quarter of a century There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah on the Israeli statement, but the ​group said it launched missiles and drones towards ​Israeli troops in southern LebanonSecurity forces and emergency responders inspect the site after an Israeli airstrike hit Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiye despite an existing ceasefire, in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 14, 2026 The latest escalation came despite expectations that a diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran could be imminent.In April, Israel and Lebanon began direct talks in Washington aimed at ending hostilities, with a fifth round scheduled for later this month. The two countries do not have formal diplomatic relations.However, neither Israel nor Hezbollah has adhered to a ceasefire announced in April following the first round of negotiations.Hezbollah has rejected the direct talks and dismissed a conditional ceasefire proposal announced earlier this month that would have required the group to halt attacks without explicitly requiring Israel to do the same or withdraw its troops from Lebanon.The group entered the conflict on March 2 when it launched rockets into Israel following the killing of Iran's supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes days earlier.Lebanon says Israel's subsequent air campaign and ground invasion have killed more than 3,700 people.Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts to secure a broader regional agreement appeared to gather pace.Washington and Tehran are reportedly nearing a deal to end the wider conflict, with US and Pakistani leaders indicating that an agreement could be signed on Sunday.Iran has consistently maintained that an end to fighting in Lebanon must form part of any broader arrangement with the United States.In a social media post, Trump said the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes, would be 'open to all' once an agreement had been reached.On Saturday, Pakistan said a deal was 'likely expected' to be finalized within 24 hours and that preparations were underway for an electronic signing ceremony.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: 'The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL.'Referring to Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles, Trump added that 'at the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust,' saying it would later be destroyed.Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also expressed optimism about the negotiations.'With finalisation likely expected in the next 24 hours, Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after, followed by technical level talks next week,' Sharif wrote on X.On Friday, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said an agreement with the United States was close and that it envisaged an end to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.He said talks on Iran's nuclear program would begin later.