Top U.S. General Warns Netanyahu Over War With Hezbollah, Cites This Big Reason To Avoid Escalation

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Top U.S. General Warns Netanyahu Over War With Hezbollah, Cites This Big Reason To Avoid Escalation

More than eight months of war in Gaza has heightened tensions across the region, with Israeli forces and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah exchanging fire on a near-daily basis.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on Tuesday, warning that a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could spark a regional war and urging a diplomatic solution.

More than eight months of war in Gaza has heightened tensions across the region, with Israeli forces and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah exchanging fire on a near-daily basis.


"Another war between Israel and Hezbollah could easily become a regional war, with terrible consequences for the Middle East," Austin said. "Diplomacy is by far the best way to prevent more escalation."


Gallant, speaking at the opening of the meeting with Austin, said "we are working closely together to achieve an agreement but we must also discuss readiness on every possible scenario.


The Israeli military announced last week that plans to attack Lebanon had been "approved and confirmed" amid escalating cross-border clashes, but the United States is trying to calm the temperature and prevent a new major conflict in the Middle East.


Gallant is visiting Washington to reaffirm the value of relations with Israel's key ally after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly criticized the United States for delays in arms deliveries.


The US government claims that only one shipment of bombs was put on hold due to concerns about their use in populated areas, while other arms shipments are proceeding as normal.


The US is Israel's main arms supplier, but the rising death toll in the Gaza conflict has increased pressure on President Joe Biden to act, raising tensions between his administration and Prime Minister Netanyahu.


Gallant had met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington the day before. A senior US diplomat called on Israel to avoid escalation in Lebanon.


The Israeli minister also met with CIA Director Bill Burns, who is the main U.S. liaison in negotiating the release of Hamas hostages, which launched unprecedented attacks against Israel in October, sparking a devastating conflict in the Gaza Strip.


Netanyahu said Israeli forces were finishing the most intense part of the Gaza conflict and would return to the northern border, but described the move as defensive.

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