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Wires carrying comments from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of a meeting in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron that is likely to be dominated by escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah.

  • Bliken said, speaking alongside French foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné: "France and US are united in calling for restraint when it comes to the Middle East and Lebanon in particular."
  • Blinken: "We believe a ceasefire [between Israel and Hamas in Gaza] remains possible and necessary... We don't want to see any escalatory actions by any party that make a ceasefire even more difficult."
  • The prospect of a ceasefire in Gaza, long viewed as vital to reducing tension with Hezbollah, looks remote. Politico reports that US officials are not certain that any variations on the ceasefire framework unveiled by President Biden in May, "will break the impasse."
  • Blinken's comments come as the region braces for a response from Hezbollah to the multi-wave attack on their communications network, or signs that Israel may be preparing for a major military operation to remove the group from the border region, seen by Israeli officials as crucial to returning Israeli citizens to homes in the north of the country.
  • The New York Times reports: "Analysts say the attacks have humiliated [Hezbollah], piercing its reputation as one of Israel’s most sophisticated foes and seeming to necessitate a forceful response. But retaliating fiercely could ignite a wider escalation with Israel even as many of its fighters are apparently incapacitated by the attacks."
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Wires carrying comments from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of a meeting in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron that is likely to be dominated by escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah.

  • Bliken said, speaking alongside French foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné: "France and US are united in calling for restraint when it comes to the Middle East and Lebanon in particular."
  • Blinken: "We believe a ceasefire [between Israel and Hamas in Gaza] remains possible and necessary... We don't want to see any escalatory actions by any party that make a ceasefire even more difficult."
  • The prospect of a ceasefire in Gaza, long viewed as vital to reducing tension with Hezbollah, looks remote. Politico reports that US officials are not certain that any variations on the ceasefire framework unveiled by President Biden in May, "will break the impasse."
  • Blinken's comments come as the region braces for a response from Hezbollah to the multi-wave attack on their communications network, or signs that Israel may be preparing for a major military operation to remove the group from the border region, seen by Israeli officials as crucial to returning Israeli citizens to homes in the north of the country.
  • The New York Times reports: "Analysts say the attacks have humiliated [Hezbollah], piercing its reputation as one of Israel’s most sophisticated foes and seeming to necessitate a forceful response. But retaliating fiercely could ignite a wider escalation with Israel even as many of its fighters are apparently incapacitated by the attacks."