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Biden energy adviser to discuss

Lebanon border issues on Israel
trip -US official
Reuters
November 20, 2023 4:58 PM GMT+1 · Updated 10 days
ago

Senior White House Advisor for Energy Security Amos Hochstein

speaks at the end of his visit to Lebanon, at Beirut international
airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Issam...
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WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - President Joe

Biden's energy security adviser Amos Hochstein
was traveling to Israel on Monday to discuss issues
related to the northern border with Lebanon,
including how to stop the Gaza conflict from
spreading, a U.S. official said.

"This trip builds on Hochstein's visit to Beirut

earlier this month where he made clear the United
States does not want to see conflict in Gaza
escalating and expanding into Lebanon," the
official said.

"While in Israel, Hochstein will emphasize that

restoring calm along Israel's northern border is of
utmost importance to the United States and it
should be a top priority for both Israel and
Lebanon."

Hochstein helped to finalize a maritime

demarcation deal last year between Israel and
Lebanon, bringing a measure of accommodation
between the enemy states as they eyed offshore
energy exploration.

In the months before the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by

Palestinian Hamas militants who run the Gaza
Strip, Hochstein said the United States was
exploring the possibility of resolving the
longstanding border dispute between Lebanon and
Israel.

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However, tensions have escalated along the border

since cross-border raids that Israel says killed 1,200
people. The Israeli response - a bombardment and
ground invasion of Gaza - has killed more than
12,300 people as it entered its seventh week,
according to health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza
Strip.

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has attacked

Israeli troops at the Lebanese border and Israel has
launched air and artillery strikes against southern
Lebanon, in the deadliest violence since the two
sides fought a war in 2006.

Reporting by Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu;Editing by

Chizu Nomiyama

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