“The United States was not aware of or involved in these incidents. We are still gathering information and facts,” Blinken said at a news conference from Cairo.
“In general, we have been very clear, and we remain very clear, about the importance of all parties avoiding any steps that would escalate the conflict that we are trying to resolve,” he added. Gaza“
Blinken also said it was not yet clear what impact the explosions would have on the operations of the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
According to Sky News Arabia sources, the Israeli intelligence agency planted (Mossad) Explosive material in thousands of pagers, before reaching the hands of members of Hezbollah.
“Washington is not involved in the bombing”
According to the American website “Axios”, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant called his American counterpart Lloyd Austin minutes before the attack, to tell him that Israel He was about to carry out an operation in Lebanon, but he did not give details.
Axios quoted an American official as saying that Galant’s phone call to Austin “was an attempt to tell Washington that something was going to happen.”
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller also denied US involvement.
“The United States was not involved in the incident. The United States had no prior knowledge of it, and at this stage we are gathering information,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Miller declined to comment on widespread suspicions that Israel was behind the bombings, especially since it has been exchanging fire regularly with Hezbollah since the start of the war in Gaza.
He pointed out that Washington She has no assessments one way or another about who is responsible for the communications device bombings in Lebanon.
