U.S. Advocates for Negotiated Outcome to Lebanon-Israel Tension

Over 20,000 Israeli Citizens Evacuated Amid Continued Hezbollah Attacks

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has discussed the volatile situation along the Lebanon-Israel border with Israeli officials, advocating for a 'negotiated outcome' to reassure residents of northern Israel.
Washington will not tolerate threats by Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, which has been attacking Israeli military posts along the border since a day after the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7.
Over the past two months, Israel has evacuated more than 20,000 of its citizens from towns and villages along the border with Lebanon, some of whom have expressed concerns that they have no plans to return home as long as Hezbollah fighters are deployed on the Lebanese side of the border.
Israel and Hezbollah, bitter enemies that fought a war in the summer of 2006, have seen tensions rise since the Israel-Hamas war started. Hezbollah fighters have carried out scores of attacks, mostly targeting Israeli military posts along the border.
Hezbollah official Ali Daamoush was defiant in his Friday prayers sermon, vowing that the group won’t stop attacks along the border and also has no plans to move away from the frontier.