We're heading towards World War III, sleepy Joe is sleeping: Donald Trump

Republican nominee Donald Trump on Sunday took a 'sleepy Joe' dig at US President Joe Biden hours after Israel launched a flurry of airstrikes on Lebanon in a 'preemptive' attack to avert a 'planned' rocket offensive, and Iranian-backed Hezbollah fired more than 320 Katyusha rockets from Lebanon towards Israeli territory.

Trump expressed fears that World War III might just be imminent and seemed to imply it was happening since the leaders in the US were 'sleeping'.

In a post on X on Sunday, the former US President said 'sleepy Joe is sleeping on California beach'. He also referred to his rival for November 5 election, Kamala Harris, as 'Comrade Kamala' and called her running mate Tim Walz a 'really bad VP pick'.

"Who is negotiating for us in the Middle East? Bombs are dropping all over the place! Sleepy Joe is sleeping on a Beach in California, viciously Exiled by the Democrats, and Comrade Kamala is doing a campaign bus tour with Tampon Tim, her really bad V.P. Pick. Let’s not have World War lll, because that’s where we’re heading!", Trump's post on X read.

Trump's post raising doubts over the way the present US leadership, came a day after US Air Force General CQ Brown began an unannounced visit to the Middle East to discuss ways to avoid any new escalation in tensions that could spiral into a broader conflict.

On Saturday, the Lebanese-backed militant group Hezbollah said it fired hundreds of rockets and drones to avenge the killing of its top commander Fuad Shukr last month.

Both sides paused the exchange of fire on Sunday morning. The development came as Egypt hosted high-level talks aimed at a cease-fire in the 10-month-old Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that diplomats hope will ease regional tensions.

Meanwhile, as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah escalated, White House Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett stated that US President Joe Biden was "closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon".

"We will keep supporting Israel’s right to defend itself, and we will keep working for regional stability," he added.

Last week, Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone and discussed ways to advance a potential Gaza cease-fire and hostages deal.

The call followed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to the Middle East that ended without an agreement between Israel and Hamas militants on a truce in the Palestinian enclave.

The Biden administration has backed the Israeli offensive against Hamas and has also provided arms to the country, bolstering its defences against possible multi-pronged attacks from countries including Lebanon, Yemen and Iran.

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