Trump claims ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah

US President Donald Trump said he had spoken to both sides and "they agreed that all shooting will stop", after Iran warned Israeli military actions in Lebanon were a threat to the current US-Iran ceasefire.

Lebanon said Hezbollah had accepted the plan for it to halt attacks on Israel and for Israel not to attack the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the agreement, but warned strikes on Beirut would go ahead "if Hezbollah does not stop attacking our cities and civilians" - adding Israel's military would still operate in south Lebanon.

Hezbollah said it had launched three attacks at Israeli tanks and soldiers near two villages in northern Israel, using drones and "a barrage of artillery shells".

The Israeli military said it had intercepted two projectiles that had been fired from Lebanon. No injuries have been reported.

That prompted a slew of warnings from Iranian officials, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying the US-Iran truce was "unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon" and that "its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts".

The news agency - which is affiliated with Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - also said Iran and its allies could "activate other fronts, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait" at the entrance of the Red Sea.

But in later posts on Truth Social, Trump insisted that talks with Iran were continuing at a "rapid pace" and said he had spoken to both Netanyahu and representatives from Hezbollah.

"I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back," the US president wrote.

"Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop - That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel."

The US has tried to separate events in Lebanon from the negotiations with Iran, which has long provided Hezbollah with significant ideological, military and financial backing and insists that any agreement must include peace in Lebanon.

On Sunday, a US official said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had proposed a plan for "gradual de-escalation" there to Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.

The Israeli military has struck Beirut twice since the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon came into force on 16 April, most recently on Thursday. But that is a reduction on what went before, with reports that the White House has been pressuring Israel to limit its military action in Beirut as part of efforts to reach a broader deal to end the war with Iran.

A truce between the US and Iran came into force on 8 April - but it has failed to end the fighting.

Tensions between Iran and the US escalated in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. The US has said it hit Iranian military sites over the weekend while Tehran said it responded by targeting a US base in Kuwait.