US warns Iran as tensions rise over Israel-Hezbollah conflict

US warns Iran as tensions rise over Israel-Hezbollah conflict
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US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he would speak with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – at a time when the two men are at odds over Lebanon and amid a fear of an all-out war regional war.

”I’ll tell you what I say to him when I talk to him,” he told reporters but did not say when the conversation would take place. Asked whether the all-out war in the Middle East could be avoided, he replied: “It has to be. We really have to avoid it.”

The United States has increased its readiness to beef up its force posture in the region, warning Tehran not to hit American targets, as Iran threatened Israel in the aftermath of its assassination Friday of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Washington and Israel have been increasingly at odds, with Israel pursuing a military strategy while Biden has urged a diplomatic one.