US seeks to head off military escalation between Israel, Hezbollah

U.S. officials say they are working diplomatically to try to head off a worrisome escalation of fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters based in southern Lebanon.

The threat of a wider war on Israel's northern border figured in talks Thursday in Washington, where U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Israeli national security adv