Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati Vows Efforts to Prevent War Amid Border Tensions with Israel

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has pledged to make every effort to prevent #Lebanon from slipping into a war, amid the escalating border tension with #Israel after the outbreak of #Hamas-#Israel conflict.

In an interview with Lebanese TV channel Al Jadeed, Mikati said on Friday that no one had promised him that there would not be a war as the situation was constantly changing.

He added that the decision of whether to go to war or maintain peace is not made by the government, hinting that #Hezbollah, an armed Lebanese military group that had exchanged fire with #Israel over the past week, may make its own decision.