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The United States said Thursday that Hezbollah must stop its attacks against Israel if it wants to ease tensions in the region.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech following the explosion of thousands of communications devices in a stunning assault widely attributed to Israel, vowed to keep fighting Israel "until the aggression on Gaza stops."
The State Department referred to Nasrallah's remarks when explaining a call by Secretary of State Antony Blinken against "escalatory actions by any party" in the Middle East.
"Nasrallah could stop the terrorist attacks across Israel, and I guarantee you, if he did that, we would be impressing upon Israel the need to maintain calm on their end. Bottom line is, he hasn't stopped those terrorist attacks," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.
"So as long as Hezbollah is launching terrorist attacks across the border, of course Israel is going to launch military action to defend itself, as any country would," Miller said.
"What we continue to push to all the parties is not to escalate the conflict, not to let it spiral out of control, into a war that we don't think serves either side's interest, and to ultimately try to get to the point try to get to a ceasefire in Gaza that would help bring calm," he said.
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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech following the explosion of thousands of communications devices in a stunning assault widely attributed to Israel, vowed to keep fighting Israel "until the aggression on Gaza stops."
The State Department referred to Nasrallah's remarks when explaining a call by Secretary of State Antony Blinken against "escalatory actions by any party" in the Middle East.
"Nasrallah could stop the terrorist attacks across Israel, and I guarantee you, if he did that, we would be impressing upon Israel the need to maintain calm on their end. Bottom line is, he hasn't stopped those terrorist attacks," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.
"So as long as Hezbollah is launching terrorist attacks across the border, of course Israel is going to launch military action to defend itself, as any country would," Miller said.
"What we continue to push to all the parties is not to escalate the conflict, not to let it spiral out of control, into a war that we don't think serves either side's interest, and to ultimately try to get to the point try to get to a ceasefire in Gaza that would help bring calm," he said.
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