US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday met with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and shared his "deep" concern about exchanges of fire along Lebanon's southern border with Israel, a State Department spokesperson said.
"He stressed the importance of ensuring the Israel-Hamas conflict does not spread elsewhere," spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement, adding that Blinken thanked Mikati for his leadership in preventing Lebanon from being pulled into the war.