US President Donald Trump announced on June 1 the agreement on a ceasefire in Lebanon and a freeze on the planned Israeli aggression on Beirut following a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and another call with Lebanese Hezbollah through "high-level representatives," according to him.
In a post on his social platform Truth Social, Trump said: "I had a very productive call with the prime minister of Israel, and Israeli troops will not go to Beirut, and any troops that were on their way there have already been redrawn."
"Also, through high-level representatives, I had good contact with Hezbollah, and they agreed to a full ceasefire. Israel will not attack them and they will not attack Israel."
Israel warns residents of Dahiya to evacuate
Trump's announcement comes a few hours after the Israeli military issued an ultimatum to evacuate the entire southern suburb of Beirut from residents in preparation for attacking it, based on Netanyahu's orders issued earlier in the day.
The development comes as two Israeli sources said Tel Aviv was awaiting Trump's final approval of any operation in Beirut's southern suburbs.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it planned to launch raids on the southern suburbs if Hezbollah continued its rocket attacks.
The army spokesman in Arabic, Avichai Adrei, warned the residents of the suburb on the "X" platform, calling on them to "evacuate for their safety."
The IDF spokesman indicated that his forces would continue strikes throughout Lebanon from the southern suburbs to Tyre.
The announcement comes after press reports revealed that Israel has asked the United States to allow it to expand the margin of its military operations in Lebanon, including the possibility of carrying out airstrikes in the Beirut area, in light of the ongoing confrontation with Hezbollah.
According to the Israeli news website Walla, Israel was a response from the administration of US President Donald Trump to the request that was recently submitted to Washington.
According to the report, the Israeli position is based on "assessments that Hezbollah's command and military infrastructure is not limited to southern Lebanon," and that limiting military operations to border areas "is no longer sufficient to achieve Israeli security objectives."
UN calls for ceasefire to be respected
Meanwhile, the United Nations on Monday called on all parties to respect the ceasefire in Lebanon and avoid "further escalation", expressing concern over the escalation of hostilities as Israel intensifies its attacks.
"We are deeply concerned about the escalation of military actions in southern Lebanon and beyond," said Stephane de Garric, a spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, adding, "We call on all parties to respect the cessation of hostilities and avoid further escalation."
Iranian warnings
In response to the Israeli escalation in Lebanon, Iran has threatened to suspend the exchange of letters with the United States on the cessation of the war between them, and said it would issue an ultimatum to evacuate areas in northern Israel if Beirut was attacked and activate other fronts of the war, including the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Iran's Tasnim news agency quoted sources as saying that the Iranian negotiating team confirmed that indirect talks with the US side will not resume until Iran's demands and the resistance are met.
The same sources confirmed that "the Resistance Front and Iran have put on their agenda the activation of other fronts, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait."
Earlier today, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, in a statement published by Iranian media, said that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States is a comprehensive ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon.