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Trump Pushes Israeli Restraint on Hizbullah, Iran
(Ynet News) Itamar Eichner - U.S. President Donald Trump is "normalizing fire at Israel," an Israeli official said on Sunday, as Washington pressed Israel to avoid responding if Iran launches missiles in retaliation for an Israeli strike in Beirut. The IDF struck in Beirut's Dahieh district after Hizbullah launched drones toward Israel. Trump described the Hizbullah attack as "very small and meaningless" because no one was hurt. Israeli officials said the U.S. position was unfair and did not reflect the way an ally should be treated. They said Washington was ignoring repeated Hizbullah violations of Israeli sovereignty and tying Israel's hands in the face of ongoing fire. Officials in Jerusalem said Trump had demanded that Netanyahu not only halt fire in Lebanon but also begin a withdrawal. Netanyahu rejected the demands. Israel also pushed back against U.S. claims that the Dahieh strike was intended to disrupt a pending agreement with Iran. Israeli officials said drones fired into Israel reached near the western Galilee community of Shlomi. An Israeli official noted that "when the Iranians downed an American helicopter, Trump ordered a harsh response even though there were no casualties."