Diplomatic efforts under way to avert an escalation in exchanges of fire between Hizbullah and Israel
Family relatives visit the scene of the missile attack where 12 children aged between ten and fifteen were killed by a rocket attack from Lebanon . Photograph: EPADiplomatic efforts to avert an escalation in the exchanges of fire between the militant group Hizbullah and Israel – which have taken place almost daily since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war – were in high gear, with the United States leading the drive.
The evacuation of Jewish settlements from Gaza in 2005 is an open sore for the religious Zionist right-wing camp in IsraelLebanon’s deputy parliament speaker Elias Bou Saab, who said he had been in contact with US mediator Amos Hochstein since Saturday’s Golan attack, said Israel could avert the threat of major escalation by sparing the capital, Beirut, and its environs.
Two senior Israeli defence officials said Israel wants to hurt Hizbullah but does not want to drag the region into an all-out war, while two other officials said the country was preparing for the possibility of a few days of fighting. An Israeli drone strike outside the southern Lebanese town of Shaqra on Monday killed two people and wounded three, including a child, according to the Lebanese civil defence. The rescue service did not say whether those killed were fighters or civilians.
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