Sullivan expresses worry over escalating Israel-Lebanon tension, calls Hezbollah strike as justice served
WILMINGTON, Del. -U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Saturday said he was worried about escalation between Israel and Lebanon but that the Israeli killing of a top Hezbollah leader brought justice to the Iran-backed group.
The Israeli airstrike, which the Lebanese health ministry said killed three children and seven women, was the deadliest in its conflict with Hezbollah since Oct. 8, when the group began firing rockets into Israel in sympathy with Palestinians in the nearly year-old Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza. Sullivan said the risk of further escalation is"acute," following the Israeli strike as well as the detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon this month that killed at least 39 and injured roughly 3,000. Those attacks were widely believed to have been carried out by Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement.
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