Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon despite Trump criticism

Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon despite Trump criticismTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Why is Trump furious with Netanyahu over strikes on Lebanon?ByOlivia IrelandPublished17 June 2026Israeli forces have carried out new strikes in southern Lebanon, state media say, despite renewed criticism from US President Donald Trump of Israel's actions in the country.Israeli drone strikes injured several people in Mansouri and Aaziyyeh on Wednesday, while jets attacked Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Tebnit, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Israel's military has not commented, but it did say five soldiers were injured in a drone attack in Lebanon by the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.Mediator Pakistan has said the deal between the US and Iran to end the war includes Lebanon.On Tuesday, Trump said Israel's prime minister needed "to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon".Speaking at the G7 summit in France, he also said that Israel had been fighting Hezbollah for "too long and too many people are being killed".Both Israel and Hezbollah have carried out attacks against each other since the US-Iran agreement was announced on Sunday night.Earlier that day, an Israeli air strike on Beirut in response to a cross-border rocket attack by Hezbollah had put pressure on attempts to finalise the deal.Trump told the G7 that he had a "great relationship" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but said he "didn't like that he did an attack... that was too much".He added: "Without the United States, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel because no other president was willing to do what I did." Netanyahu said on Monday that Israeli forces would remain in Lebanon "for as long as necessary".On Tuesday, after Lebanese media reported that four people had been killed in Israeli st...