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BEIRUT: US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday (Mar 4) that a truce in Gaza would not necessarily bring an automatic end to hostilities across Lebanon’s southern border and he warned about the risks of an escalation of the conflict.
Hochstein is visiting Beirut as part of diplomatic efforts to end four months of exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel taking place in parallel to the Gaza war.
It has marked the worst conflict across Lebanon’s southern border since the 2006 war, fuelling fears of a bigger confrontation.
“Escalation of violence is in no one’s interest, and there is no such thing as a limited war,” he told reporters after meeting Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri, who is close to Hezbollah.
Hochstein said friction on the border had increased in recent weeks.
“A temporary ceasefire is not enough. A limited war is not containable,” he said.
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