Blinken warns Israel 'should not lead a protracted campaign' against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning Israel connected Thursday not to pb a "protracted campaign" against the violent radical Hezbollah successful Lebanon. 

Blinken, who is visiting Qatar for talks to extremity the warfare successful Gaza, said, "as Israel conducts operations to region the menace to Israel and its radical on the border, with Lebanon, we person been precise wide that this cannot lead, should not pb to a protracted run and that Israel indispensable instrumentality the indispensable steps to debar civilian casualties and not endanger U.N. peacekeepers oregon the Lebanese Armed Forces. 

"Right now, we're moving intensely to scope a diplomatic solution . . . [that] allows civilians connected some sides of the borderline to instrumentality to their homes and to beryllium capable to unrecorded determination successful bid and security," Blinken added. "We're besides committed to gathering up and supporting Lebanese efforts to physique up their ain institutions escaped from the grip of Hezbollah, truthful that the people of Lebanon person much security, much opportunity, much prosperity." 

Blinken’s comments travel astir a period aft the Israeli subject began its constricted crushed operation wrong Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces revealed Thursday that it has recovered different hideout wherever Hezbollah’s peculiar forces portion was allegedly readying an Oct. 7-style onslaught connected Israel. 

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Smoke rises aft an Israeli airstrike targeting Beirut's confederate suburb of Shayah connected Oct. 22. (Fadel Itani/AFP via Getty Images)

The IDF says its troops discovered "bunk beds, retention cabinets, nutrient supplies, infrastructure for semipermanent stay, a ample magnitude of equipment, weapons and motorboat positions" successful the underground facility. 

"During these constricted and localized crushed operations successful confederate Lebanon, our troops besides located 4 weapons retention facilities with rockets, mortars, RPGs and more," it added. 

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, right, meets with the Secretary of State Antony Blinken astatine the Israeli Defense Ministry successful Tel Aviv, Israel connected Oct. 22. (Ariel Hermoni/IMoD/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The U.S. State Department said Thursday that Blinken "met with Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani contiguous successful Doha," wherever they "discussed renewed efforts to unafraid the merchandise of the hostages and extremity the warfare successful Gaza, arsenic good arsenic ongoing enactment to supply for security, governance, and reconstruction successful Gaza aft the war." 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani locomotion arsenic they be a property conference, successful Doha, Qatar, connected Thursday, Oct. 24. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

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The sojourn comes aft Blinken was successful Israel earlier this week, conscionable days aft Hezbollah launched a drone onslaught to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu astatine his backstage residence successful Caesarea. 

Fox News’ Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.