State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel was asked about the United States' assessment of the possibility of 'all-out war' between Israel and Hezbollah.
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00:00I don't want to repeat the question on your confidence.
00:06To what extent are you confident, as Kirby, is that there will be no all-out war between
00:12Israel and Hezbollah when Israel reacts?
00:15And where is this confidence coming from?
00:18MR RATHKEWICZ Well, Michel, certainly it is not helpful
00:22for you to ask such a question dealing in such kind of absolutes.
00:26What I can say is that what we're focused on is the work at hand, and the work at hand
00:31for us is continuing to engage in diplomacy and finding a durable diplomatic solution,
00:36which as I said will allow civilians to safely return to their homes.
00:42We're going to continue to engage with officials both in Lebanon and in Israel.
00:47You saw the Secretary had the opportunity to speak to President Herzog earlier, and
00:53we'll continue that kind of engagement and focused on the region.
00:56QUESTIONS Did you talk to Iran about the escalation in Lebanon and Israel?
01:01MR RATHKEWICZ I'm not aware of any conversations.
01:02QUESTIONS Directly or indirectly?
01:03MR RATHKEWICZ I'm not aware of any conversations, Michel.
01:04QUESTIONS To Oman or Qatar?
01:05MR RATHKEWICZ Like I said, I'm not aware of any conversations
01:09with Iran.