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US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that “full-scale war” between Lebanon and Israel “This is not beneficial to anyone” and asked to give diplomacy a chance.

“A large-scale war is not beneficial to anyone. Although the situation has worsened, a diplomatic solution is still possible“He told the UN General Assembly in his final address to that body as president.

In fact, Biden argued that diplomacy remains the “only way” to achieve a “long-term” security situation that will allow those living on the border between Lebanon and Israel to return to their homes after being forced to flee Israeli violence over the past few months.

«we are working “to strive tirelessly to achieve this,” he said.

Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip following the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. The border between Israel and Lebanon is experiencing its highest level of tension since 2006.with constant exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah militants.

Israel unleashed a wave of heavy bombing on southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, strongholds of the Shiite group. The attacks killed more than 500 people, wounded 1,800 and displaced thousands, according to Lebanese officials.

Clashes continued on Tuesday, including a new Israeli airstrike on Beirut, the fifth since last October, when Iran-allied Hezbollah began striking northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has vowed to do everything it can to allow its citizens to return to the north of the country, on the border with Lebanon. Meanwhile, Hezbollah says it will continue to attack Israel until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza, which appears increasingly difficult.

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah reached a new phase last week after thousands of Hezbollah-held communications devices were detonated simultaneously in various parts of Lebanon, killing 39 people and wounding nearly 3,000, many of them civilians.

Lebanon blamed Israel, which neither confirmed nor denied responsibility.

EFE