US affirms Israel’s right to target Hezbollah in Lebanon

Washington supports limited incursions by Israel to attack and degrade Hezbollah, but the US opposes a broad bombing campaign on Beirut and attacks that don’t avoid civilian harm, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said. Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the strike that destroyed the municipal headquarters in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatieh and killed 16 people including the mayor hit civilians meeting to coordinate relief efforts. Miller said if Israel intentionally targeted such a meeting that would be “unacceptable,” but said the circumstances would need to be verified. (Read more at Arabnews).