President Donald Trump has again voiced sharp frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite Israel’s status as one of Washington’s closest allies, as he marks his 80th birthday at the White House.
According to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, who posted details of a Sunday conversation with the president on X, Trump said Netanyahu had “no f***ing judgment.” Ravid also reported that Trump told him: “Why did Bibi have to do a f***ing attack? I was so pissed off. I let him know. He has no f***ing judgement. I let him know that.”
Ravid further said Trump insisted that a US-Iran agreement aimed at ending the war remains on course for Sunday, even after the Israeli strike in Beirut and renewed Iranian threats of retaliation.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli military said Hezbollah fired three projectiles toward communities in northern Israel, calling the launch a clear violation of the ceasefire.
Israel responded with strikes on what it described as “terrorist targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organization” in Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighborhood. In a statement, Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the operation was carried out in response to Hezbollah’s fire into Israeli territory.
They responded on Sunday by attacking ‘terrorist targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah’s firing into Israeli territory,’ per Netanyahu and Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Following the attack, the US President took to his Truth Social platform, stating: ‘This morning’s attack on Beirut should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran.
‘Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19, 2026
US President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025
People clean up near the site of an apartment targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, June 14, 2026
‘We are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should stand down. There should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there should also be no more attacks by any other party, including Hezbollah, against Israel.
‘This could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace — Let’s not blow it! Thank you for your attention to this matter.’
Netanyahu’s office earlier said that the Israeli military had ‘carried out strikes in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut against terrorist targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation, in response to Hezbollah’s firing toward Israeli territory.’
US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025
Members of security forces and onlookers gather near a heavily damaged building following an Israeli airstrike on the Dahiyeh district in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 14, 2026
People look for survivors at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs on June 14, 2026
Israel’s military added that it had ‘precisely struck’ a Hezbollah infrastructure site in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut that is regarded as a stronghold of the militant group.
There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah on Israel’s statement. However, the group said it had launched missiles and drones towards Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported that one strike hit an apartment in the Ghobeiry neighborhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Images from the scene showed plumes of smoke and dust rising above the area, while debris littered nearby streets as residents searched through the aftermath.
Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, have repeatedly warned that Israel would target Beirut’s southern suburbs if Hezbollah attacked northern Israeli communities.
Trump is celebrating his 80th birthday today, June 14, at the White House, as one of his best friends Dana White hosts a UFC fight on the White House grounds.
About 4,000 of Trump and the UFC’s closest friends are expected to be seated on the White House grounds, as tens of thousands more fans attend the fight and Fan Fest on The Ellipse just outside of the White House perimeter.
Per Trump’s schedule shared by the White House with members of the media, the President is expected to have a celebratory dinner with his family at 5.30pm.
He is then planning to attend the UFC Freedom 250 VIP Reception at 7pm and the fights themselves starting at 7.45pm.
After the first punch is thrown at 8pm, a total of seven fights are expected to take place, lasting into the early hours of Monday morning.
