Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said
JERUSALEM - Israel's response to a rocket strike from Lebanon that killed 12 children in the occupied Golan Heights on Saturday will be "harsh", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday after visiting the stricken town of Majdal Shams. Israel aims to harm the Lebanon-based, Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, which it holds responsible for the attack, without causing an all-out war in the Middle East, two Israeli officials said Monday.
"The estimation is that the response will not lead to an all-out war," said the diplomatic source. "That would not be in our interest at this point." Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted unidentified officials as saying the response would be "limited but significant". Prompted by the Gaza war, the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have been their worst since they went to war in 2006.
They discussed efforts to reach a diplomatic solution to allow citizens on both sides of the border to return home, and ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held there.Germany called on all parties to the Middle East conflict, in particular Iran, to prevent an escalation.
The Israeli military said its air defences downed a drone that crossed from Lebanon into the Western Galilee area on Monday.
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