Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Wednesday that Israel’s operation to destroy Hezbollah terror tunnels that were dug into Israel should not lead to “any escalation”, the Lebanese Naharnet website reported.

“The developments on the southern border must not represent a reason for any escalation, and this is what Lebanon wants and is seeking with all the international and friendly sides concerned with this,” Hariri said in a statement quoted by the website.


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