Trump Says Israel’s Fighting in Lebanon Has Gone on ‘Too Long,’ Killed ‘Too Many’

The president said Netanyahu should be more ’responsible' and suggested Syria could deal with the Iran-backed terrorist group more effectively.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 16 that Israel had been fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon for “too long” and that “too many people have been killed.”

Speaking to reporters at the ⁠G7 summit in France on June 16, Trump also said that Israel had bombed apartment buildings to target the terrorist group.