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They discussed both diplomatic and military options to restore calm to the North after nearly nine months of cross-border violence between the IDF and Hezbollah, which broke out immediately after October 7 and has occurred concurrently with the Gaza war.

Washington had hoped that a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal would open the door to a diplomatic resolution, but as that kind of an arrangement has remained elusive, the possibility of a third Lebanon war has grown.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati placed the onus for the violence squarely on Israel, calling on it to halt its military activity against both Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s state media reported.

He referenced United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which codified the ceasefire arrangement that ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006.

It created a demilitarized zone between the Blue Line on Israel’s border and the areas of Lebanon south of the Litani River.

Both Hamas and Hezbollah are Iranian proxy groups, and their attacks on Israel are considered to be part of the larger Iranian-Israeli conflict.

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