00:00Let me make one thing clear. We are committed to the defense of Israel against terrorist organizations.
00:06That includes Hamas, it includes Hezbollah, it includes other Iranian proxies. We will continue
00:11to stand by Israel's right to defend itself. But we don't want to see any party escalate this
00:16conflict, period. We think that the best way to solve the really very real security challenge
00:22that Israel faces is through a diplomatic resolution that would allow thousands of
00:28Israeli citizens to return home and allow thousands of Lebanese citizens to return home.
00:32We're going to continue to press that on all parties.
00:35Nasrallah could stop the terrorist attacks across Israel. And I guarantee you if he did that,
00:40we would be impressing upon Israel the need to maintain calm on their end.
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