Trump says he thinks Israel will withdraw troops from southern Lebanon

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July 8, 2026 11:38 AM EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa alongside the NATO leaders summit at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

ANKARA, July 8 (Reuters) - ‌U.S. ​President ​Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thought Israel would withdraw ‌troops from southern Lebanon because it wanted ⁠to take that step, despite comments from Israel's ‌leader indicating otherwise.

Trump told ‌reporters at the NATO Summit in Ankara that he had discussed a ​withdrawal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"Yeah, I think they're going to. ⁠I think they want to," Trump said. "So we have ​a deal with Israel and Lebanon. Yeah, they'll leave. And I think ​it's going to work ‌out very well."

Netanyahu visited Lebanese territory occupied by the Israeli ⁠military last week, telling soldiers that Israel would not withdraw from the country's south ⁠as long as Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to pose ​a threat.

The Israeli and Lebanese governments on June 26 reached a security agreement mediated by the ‌United States under which Israel will hand over two areas ‌to Lebanon's army.

(Reporting by Gram Slattery ⁠in Ankara and ‌Susan Heavey in ​Washington; Writing by Daphne Psaledakis, editing by David Ljunggren and Michelle ‌Nichols )


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