US secretary of state Antony Blinken said he had held “extensive discussions” about the tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hizbollah, as Washington redoubles its efforts to prevent the Jewish state’s war with Hamas spilling over into a broader regional conflict.
Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hizbollah have been trading cross-border fire since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, but despite casualties on both sides the fighting has not escalated into a full-on conflict amid intense US-led diplomatic efforts to contain the situation.
However, fears of a broader conflagration have risen in the past week after a senior Hamas leader was killed in Beirut in a suspected Israeli missile strike.
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