US Secretary of State Blinken met with Lebanese caretaker PM -spokesperson

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday met with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and shared his "deep" concern about exchanges of fire along Lebanon's southern border with Israel, a State Department spokesperson said.

"He stressed the importance of ensuring the Israel-Hamas conflict does not spread elsewhere," spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement, adding that Blinken thanked Mikati for his leadership in preventing Lebanon from being pulled into the war.