Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discouraged the late US senator Lindsey Graham from lobbying President Donald Trump to expand direct American military involvement from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to previously unaired documentary footage reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The March 4, 2026 conversation reportedly occurred as Graham was preparing to travel to Florida to persuade Trump to join Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah. Netanyahu urged the South Carolina Republican to avoid widening US involvement while Israel and the US were focused on Iran.

“We’re concentrating right now on Iran,” Netanyahu told Graham during the call.