In his statements at the G7 Summit, US President Donald Trump criticized Israel's operations in Lebanon and said that the Hezbollah issue should be resolved by Syria. Stating that Israel used excessive force in Lebanon, Trump called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act more responsibly. Experts evaluated Trump's statement as both a warning to Israel and an attempt to impose a duty on the Syrian administration to distance Hezbollah from Iran. Lebanon expert Michael Young warned that such a scenario could drag the region into a bigger crisis.