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By Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n MANILA\/JERUSALEM\/BEIRUT, July 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. defense secretary said on Tuesday he did not believe a fight was inevitable between Hezbollah and Israel though he remained concerned about the potential for escalation after a deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.<\/p>\n Tensions have worsened since Saturday when the rocket killed 12 children and teenagers at a football pitch in a Druze village. Israel accused the Iran-backed Hezbollah and vowed a harsh response. Hezbollah has denied involvement.<\/p>\n The United States has been leading a diplomatic effort to deter Israel from striking Lebanon’s capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to the attack, five people with knowledge of the drive told Reuters on Monday. Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n Not inevitable? Hostilities between Israel and Lebanon have been ongoing since at least 1978. There also seems to be a divergence of opinions on settling the matter.<\/p>\n Netanyahu Vows \u2018Severe\u2019 Response to Deadly Rocket Attack Tied to Hezbollah<\/strong> Another opportunity to excel for Kamalas’s Handler’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nHezbollah and Israel have been trading fire across the Lebanese-Israeli border since October, their worst conflict since a 2006 war. The hostilities, sparked by the war in Gaza, have so far been largely been contained to areas near the frontier.
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\n“While we’ve seen a lot of activity on Israel’s northern border, we remain concerned about the potential of this escalating into a full-blown fight. And I don’t believe that a fight is inevitable,” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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