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US defense secretary says Hezbollah-Israel conflict not inevitable
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin gestures as he speaks to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (unseen) during a meeting at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. U.S. Secretary of Sate Antony Blinken is at right. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe, Pool)
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin does not believe that a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah is inevitable, and says Washington would like to see things resolved in a diplomatic fashion.
Austin makes the comments at a joint press conference in Manila, following security talks between himself, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their respective Philippine counterparts, Gilberto Teodoro and Enrique Manalo.
Israel has vowed to retaliate for a deadly Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 children in northern Israel, after more than nine months of attacks by the Iran-backed terror group amid the war against Hamas in Gaza.
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