"We support Israel's legitimate right to self-defense and continue to urge all parties to respect the blue line between Israel and Lebanon," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.
She added that Washington condemned Hezbollah's shelling of an Israeli military convoy in an Israel occupied border area in which two Israeli soldiers were killed.
The US condemnation came shortly before the UN Security Council was to meet on the crisis in New York.
"We urge all parties to refrain from any action that could escalate the situation," Psaki said, adding Washington was closely monitoring the situation.
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Hezbollah on Friday confirmed Israeli suspicions that it was establishing a greater military presence near the Syrian-Israeli frontier on the Golan Heights...
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The speech commemorated the deaths of six Hezbollah fighters and an Iranian general killed by an Israeli air strike in Syria on Jan. 18. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah retaliated on Wednesday with a rocket attack that killed two Israeli soldiers on the frontier with Lebanon.
Nasrallah's remarks reaffirmed the Hezbollah-Iranian effort to solidify another front in the struggle against its nemesis, Israel.
The Hezbollah secretary-general's remarks were reported by the Beirut-based English language newspaper The Daily Star.......................http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Nasrallah-confirms-Hezbollah-Iran-bolstering-presence-along-Golan-border-389523
30/1/15