In Lebanon, US State Department Official Calls Hezbollah ‘Unacceptable’

In Lebanon, US State Department Official Calls Hezbollah ‘Unacceptable’
David Hale, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the Department of State, talks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 14, 2019. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
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BEIRUT—The U.S. State Department criticized Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group Jan. 14 for digging tunnels into Israel and stockpiling rockets, as Washington steps up efforts to isolate Tehran.

In recent weeks, Israeli forces uncovered tunnels they said were dug by Hezbollah, and Lebanon complained about Israel’s construction of a barrier along disputed parts of the border.