Senior Lebanese official rules out Israeli escalation
Despite the alarming reports published in the Israeli press, senior Lebanese officials do not seem to be worried, with “credible sources” telling al-Joumhouria newspaper that Lebanon is receiving many foreign signals that are downplaying the possibility of an Israeli strike.
Quoting a Western diplomat, the sources told the daily that “the Americans in specific do not want the situation in the Lebanon to slide into an escalation, at least in the current period.”
A senior Lebanese official meanwhile told al-Joumhouria that Lebanese figures are taking part in an “intimidation” campaign.
“I do not see on the horizon any possibility for a broad escalation or war as some are promoting and nothing calls for concern, neither during the remaining period of the army’s mission that precedes the year’s end nor afterwards,” the official added.
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