National Security Adviser to US Vice President Kamala Harris Phil Gordon said that she has been informed about the situation in the Middle East and is closely following the events, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
"Israel continues to face serious threats to its security, and the vice president's support for Israel's security is ironclad," Gordon said in a statement.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said he was saddened by the loss of life and added that a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza war could help calm the situation on Israel's border with Lebanon.
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At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the security cabinet meeting had ended and its members had authorized the prime minister and defense minister to determine the "type" and "the right moment" of the Israeli response to the attack by "Hezbollah" a deadly attack on the Golan Heights that killed 12 young men.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog that "immediate steps" for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and "Hamas" in Gaza, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
"The prime minister said there must be immediate steps towards a ceasefire so that the hostages can be freed and more humanitarian aid can be provided to those who desperately need it," the office said in a statement of Starmer.
"The prime minister reiterated his continued support for Israel's right to self-defense in accordance with international law," the statement said.
Starmer met Herzog in Paris, where they were both attending the Olympics.
The British Prime Minister stressed that Israel and "Hamas" are not morally equal and expressed his condolences for the deaths of the five hostages abducted during the "Hamas" attack on Israel on October 7, whose bodies were recently discovered.