Trump says resolving conflict in Lebanon 'should not be tough'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday hinted that he wants to put an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

"We do wanna see if we can straighten out the Lebanon thing, because it just seems to just never end, and it's a mini version of what we were doing, but it should not be tough ... Hezbollah -- we have to have a little talk with them," Trump said in remarks to the press at the G7 summit in France.

Israel carried out three drone strikes in south Lebanon and opened artillery fire at several towns on Monday despite a U.S.-Iran deal announced overnight that calls for ending the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon.

The Israeli attacks prompted Hezbollah to retaliate by firing rockets and drones at Israeli forces occupying parts of south Lebanon.

Several previous ceasefires had also failed to halt the fighting between the two sides.