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BEIRUT/JERUSALEM — Israel 's military chief told troops on Wednesday that air strikes on Lebanon would continue in order to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and to prepare the way for a possible ground operation by Israel i forces.Even as he spoke, sources said the United States had started a diplomatic push to stop the fighting in both Gaza and Lebanon , and that proposals were being hammered out at the UN General Assembly in New York.
"World leaders expressed concern that the conflict—running in parallel to Israel's war in Gaza against the Palestinian Hamas movement, also backed by Iran—was escalating rapidly as the death toll in Lebanon rose and thousands fled their homes.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington and its allies were working tirelessly to avoid a full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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