The White House He declared on Tuesday that an open war between the two countries “can still be avoided” Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollahafter a woman was killed and several people were injured in an Israeli attack in Beirut.
US Government presidential spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierretold a news conference that he had no immediate comment on Israel’s bombing of the Lebanese capital because the incident had just occurred, and repeated the message that the United States has maintained in recent days.
“We do not believe that a total war is inevitable. We believe that it can still be avoided.”said Jean-Pierre, who affirmed that the American president, Joe Bidenis an advocate of “diplomatic solutions.”
According to the White House spokeswoman, US diplomacy is interceding to find a solution that “allows Israeli and Lebanese citizens on both sides of the border to return to their homes and live in safety.”
Shortly after Tuesday’s attack, the Israeli army confirmed that it had bombed Beirut in an operation targeting “the commander responsible for the murder of children in Majdal Shams,” a reference to the attack attributed to Hezbollah on Saturday in that Druze city in the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel.
Israel has vowed to respond “harshly” to the rocket attack, which struck a football pitch where children and teenagers were playing, killing 12 people, all between 10 and 16 years old.
The international community, especially the United States, is mediating to ensure that the response is contained and does not lead to open war on the border between Israel and Lebanon, which is experiencing its highest peak of tension since 2006, when the Israeli army and Hezbollah fought a war.
The border has been the scene of an exchange of fire since the start of the Gaza war in October, which has claimed the lives of more than 560 people, most of them on the Lebanese side and in the ranks of Hezbollah. EFE (I)
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