{"id":352997,"date":"2026-06-16T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-says-syria-would-do-a-better-job-of-taking-care-of-hezbollah-than-israel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:00:30","slug":"trump-says-syria-would-do-a-better-job-of-taking-care-of-hezbollah-than-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-says-syria-would-do-a-better-job-of-taking-care-of-hezbollah-than-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Syria would do a &#8216;better job&#8217; of &#8216;taking care of Hezbollah&#8217; than Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-x1Ca1yOUQU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump says Syria would do a 'better job' of 'taking care of Hezbollah' than Israel\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-x1Ca1yOUQU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In unusually frank remarks, the US president has appeared to acknowledge that Israel has been killing many civilians in its attacks on Lebanon, which it claims are targeting only Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters: &#8216;Israel\u2019s fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed. 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