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SvennoJ on 21 June 2024
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Blinken tells Israeli officials to avoid escalation with Hezbollah in Lebanon

During a meeting on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli officials of the need to prevent further escalation of its conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon amid Israel’s war on Gaza, Reuters news agency reports.

Blinken made his remark during a meeting with Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Ron Dermer, Israel’s minister for strategic affairs, the State Department said.

The meeting between the US and Israeli officials follows after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned that a major Israeli military offensive against Lebanon would be met with a war without “restraint and no rules and no ceilings”.

Hezbollah aerial footage said to capture attack on north Israel military site

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have obtained and verified video footage that is said to show an aerial strike by Hezbollah forces on a military site in the town of Metula, in the north of Israel.

The attack on what appears to be Israeli radar and communications infrastructure may have been carried out by a Hezbollah attack drone. The strike comes amid intensifying cross-border clashes between Israeli and Hezbollah forces.

Israel’s military said its air defences successfully intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” that had crossed from southern Lebanese territory late on Thursday night. A “rocket and missile fire” public warning was activated during the attack and interception, the military said.

Israeli warplanes also attacked sites in the Lebanese villages and towns of Hula, Tallouseh, Meiss el-Jabal, Aitaroun, and Yaroun on Thursday night, while artillery also hit several locations on the southern Lebanon border, Israel’s military said.