President Trump slammed Israel’s handling of its war against Hezbollah on Tuesday, saying the fighting has dragged on too long, resulted in too many civilian casualties, and should ultimately be handled by Syria instead.

Speaking at the G7 summit in France, Trump said Israel’s operations against the Iran-backed terror group have continued for too long and suggested the civilian death toll is damaging international support.

“Israel is fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed,” Trump said. “And you don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody. Because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses. And they’re not all Hezbollah, that I can tell you.”

“They should have been able to do the job faster. It just goes on forever. And when that happens, it throws a negative light on the big deal, and that’s the deal with Iran,” he said, referring to the recently announced U.S.-Iran agreement.

“I didn’t like where, two hours before we’re signing the agreement, that there was an attack in Lebanon, in Beirut,” Trump said.

Trump went on to suggest that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa should take over the fight against Hezbollah, arguing that Damascus would be more effective while avoiding widespread civilian casualties.

“And I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah,” Trump said. “Because to be honest with you, I think they’d do a better job of doing it.”

“He’s very capable. And he’s been very good for me. He’s protected everything that I’ve asked for… And if Israel can’t do the job without killing everyone else, he’ll do the job. Syria will do the job.”

Despite the criticism, Trump insisted his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains strong.

When asked whether he was frustrated with Netanyahu, Trump replied, “No, we have a great relationship.”

However, he reiterated his concerns over Israel’s recent military actions.

“I didn’t like that he did an attack [over] a very minor little thing with some drones. I saw that attack, I saw where that bomb went. That was a vicious… that was too much. You can do too much also.”

Trump also emphasized America’s support for Israel while urging greater restraint.

“Without the United States, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel — because no other president was willing to do what I did.”

“I had a great relationship with Bibi, but now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon.”

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