US says it wasn’t told in advance about pager attack on Hezbollah, is gathering info

US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller largely avoids commenting on today’s detonation of pagers belonging to Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, stressing that Washington was not involved and not tipped off in advance about the operation — which the terror group is blaming on Israel — and is still gathering information on what unfolded.

“The US was not involved in it. The US was not aware of this incident in advance, and at this point, we’re gathering information,” Miller says during a press briefing.

“We’re collecting information in the same way that journalists are across the world to gather the facts about what might have happened,” he adds.

Miller reiterates the longstanding US stance in favor of a diplomatic resolution to the Israel-Hezbollah tensions, while again urging Iran “not to take advantage of any incident to add further instability.”