The US does not want to see tensions rise further between Israel and Hezbollah, the US state department has said.
Speaking at a daily news briefing, department spokesperson Matthew Miller said tens of thousands of Israelis in the north faced a real security threat which needed to be addressed and Washington was pursuing a diplomatic path to resolve the issue.
“We do not want to see either side escalate the conflict in the north and in fact,” Mr Miller said.
“The government of Israel has said publicly and they have assured us privately that they want to achieve a diplomatic path.
“And so that’s what we’re going to continue to pursue, and ultimately that would make military action unnecessary.”
His comments came after Hezbollah said it had launched a volley of rockets at an Israeli aerial surveillance base in response to the Israeli military’s deepest attack yet into Lebanese territory.
There were no immediate reports of casualties from the rockets.
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