US cautions against escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah

The United States does not want to see tensions rise further between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, saying Israel has assured Washington it wants a diplomatic solution to the issue.

Hezbollah said it had launched a volley of rockets at an Israeli aerial surveillance base earlier on Tuesday in response to the Israeli military's deepest attack yet into Lebanese territory, with no immediate reports of casualties from the rockets.