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Saturday, October 21, 2023
Blinken to Lebanese PM: Consider how entering war would affect your people
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated to Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in a phone call earlier today “the importance of respecting the interests of the Lebanese people, who would be affected by Lebanon being drawn into the conflict instigated by Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel,” the State Department says.
Blinken notes growing concern over tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border and expresses “his condolences to the families of Lebanese civilians who have tragically lost their lives as a result of the conflict, underscoring continued US support for the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces, the sole legitimate guarantors of Lebanon’s stability and territorial integrity,” according to a US statement.
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