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Hizbullah Rejects U.S. Overtures to Withdraw Fighters from Israel's Border
(Reuters) Laila Bassam - Iran-backed Hizbullah has rebuffed Washington's initial ideas for cooling the fighting with neighboring Israel, such as pulling its fighters further from the border, but remains open to U.S. diplomacy, Lebanese officials said. U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein has been leading a diplomatic outreach to restore security at the Israel-Lebanon frontier. Israel warns it will respond more aggressively if a deal to make the border area safe is not reached. Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy said on Wednesday there was "still a diplomatic window of opportunity" to push Hizbullah away from the border.