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Source: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-october-8-2024/#post-590867-ISRAEL
U.S.: We Support Israel's Efforts to Degrade Hizbullah's Capability
(State Department) State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said Tuesday: "I did see these reports that Hizbullah now wants a ceasefire...de-linked from Gaza....Where have they been for a year? For a year, the world has been calling on Hizbullah to stop the attacks across the border into Israel.... Israel was saying if Hizbullah stopped attacks across the border, Israel would stop its attacks in response against Hizbullah....Now that Hizbullah is on the back foot and is getting battered, suddenly they've changed their tune and want a ceasefire." "Hizbullah's forces in southern Lebanon refuse to fully implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. Under the terms of that resolution, Hizbullah was supposed to put down its arms, and it was supposed to withdraw beyond the Litani River. And over the 18 years since that resolution was implemented, they refuse to do either of those things....So we support Israel's efforts to degrade Hizbullah's capability." "Obviously we don't trust Hizbullah....Hizbullah said that they would implement 1701. And they blew through all of their commitments.... So...yes, we do support Israel launching these incursions to degrade Hizbullah's infrastructure so ultimately we can get a diplomatic resolution that allows 1701 to finally be fully implemented."