Israel continued to strike southern Lebanon on Tuesday as Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked its troops there despite an apparent Washington-brokered de-escalation deal and a fourth round of US-hosted talks between Lebanon and Israel. FRANCE 24's Jerusalem correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky explains that "on the Israeli side we have simply no acknowledgment of this deal", adding that seeing Trump acknowledge Hezbollah "has been an utter humiliation" for Benjamin Netanyahu.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with…

Trump's comments emerged after Israel’s government ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and as Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel

US President says he held 'very productive' talks with Israel's Netanyahu and leaders of Hezbollah