“U.S. scrambling to prevent Israel-Hezbollah war amid Gaza ceasefire push” was the title of a report publish by the US website Axios in the context of following up the developments on Lebanon’s border with occupied Palestine.
The Biden administration has grown extremely concerned that escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah in recent days will deteriorate into an all-out war — and is scrambling to prevent it, U.S. officials told Axios.
“The U.S. is concerned about Israel rushing into a war with Hezbollah — or getting dragged into one — without a clear strategy or consideration of the full implications of a wider conflict, officials say.”
Axios indicated that the White House believes that a ceasefire in Gaza is the only thing that would significantly de-escalate the tensions on the Israeli-Lebanese border.
On Tuesday evening, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant and discussed the situation with Lebanon, Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters.
“We are concerned about an increase in activity in the north. We don’t want this to escalate to a broad regional conflict and we urge de-escalation,” she said.
Mohammad Salami, a senior news editor at Al-Manar English Website, summarized the US attitude towards this escalation.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
