Former US President Donald Trump, who is the Republican presidential candidate, said he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "like two days ago."Trump was asked when last he spoke to the Israeli leader during a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday."Like two days ago, and he came to my house in Florida, Mar-a-Lago, with his wife, who was lovely," he responded.Trump met with Netanyahu at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in July. It was their first meeting since the end of Trump's presidency.US President Joe Biden also spoke with Netanyahu last week amid tensions with Iran. Their Wednesday call was the first known conversation between the two leaders since August. It coincided with a sharp escalation of Israel's conflict with Iran and the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah.Trump called the lack of conversation between Biden and Netanyahu in nearly two months "pathetic.""I can tell you that Bibi has been very strong," Trump said. "He's not listening to Biden."

The IDF is free to act against Hezbollah anywhere in Lebanon, "depending on the location of the targets," an Israeli diplomatic source said.The source rejected a report on KAN News that the political echelon had ordered the IDF to hold its fire in Beirut over the last three days."The report on the supposed instruction of the political echelon to the IDF to stop or reduce attacks in Beirut is completely false," the source said.