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Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, including members of the militant group Hezbollah and a girl, and wounding the Iranian ambassador, government and Hezbollah officials said._ --- Sep 17, 2024 10:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah Agree to a Ceasefire to End Nearly 14 Months of Fighting](/video/ubYj1rjb/) ### Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah Agree to a Ceasefire to End Nearly 14 Months of Fighting [A Second Wave of Device Explosions in Lebanon After Pager Attack](/video/bBeXnWuQ/) ### A Second Wave of Device Explosions in Lebanon After Pager Attack [A Breakdown of the Heavy Exchange of Fire Between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah](/video/Fz0bTfr9/) ### A Breakdown of the Heavy Exchange of Fire Between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah --- ## Transcript So we are gathering information on this incident. I can tell you that the US was not involved in it. The US was not aware of this incident in advance, and at this point, we're gathering information. And what information have you gathered so far? We'll continue to collect information. I don't have any public readout to give now, but we're collecting information in the same way that journalists are across the world to gather facts about what might have happened. So I never want to either comment or speculate about the impact of any one incident, especially in the early stages of an incident. And I'm not going to do so here. That's been our consistent policy to try and avoid doing. I will say that our overall policy remains consistent, which is we do want to see a diplomatic resolution to the conflict between Israel and Hezbah. We want to see one that allows the tens of thousands of Israelis who have been displaced from their homes and the tens of thousands of Lebanese who have been displaced from their homes to be able to return home, and that's what we are continuing to pursue. How concerned are you about escalation now after this attack? Again, I don't want to draw any specific conclusions about this incident yet or speculate about what might happen from them. I will say that, of course, since October 7, we have seen any number of incidents that have led to the heightened risk of escalation that has been a feature of the conflict across the blue line since October 7. And so we are always concerned about escalation. We are always concerned about any type of event that may cause further escalation. And it remains our message to both Israel and two other parties that they need to do everything they can to try and reach a diplomatic resolution. That said, we go back to the fundamental. I know people get tired of hearing me say this. We go back to the fundamental issue we face here, which is very difficult to get a diplomatic resolution in the North, absent a resolution to the conflict in Gaza, absent a cease fire in Gaza, which is why we continue to push for that cease fire because we think it'll help make it much easier to reach a resolution. So how do you see this incident's impact? The Gaza cease fire talks. I think it's too early to say. Look, this is an incident that just occurred in the past few hours. We're continuing to gather information about it. I would I wouldn't want to speculate or make any predictions about. Okay. What might happen? I'll just say what we believe are legitimate targets and what are not legitimate targets. Obviously, we believe that civilians are not legitimate targets for any type of operation, and that no country should be targeting civilians. No country, no organization should be targeting civilians. Terrorist members of a terrorist organization are legitimate targets for countries to launch operations against. Those are the principles we hold ourselves to, and those are the principles we expect other countries to uphold in their operations. I don't want to speak to what the implications might be before a report is confirmed, but certainly, as is always the case, we would urge Iran not to take advantage of any incident, any instability, to try to add further instability and to further increase tensions in the region. 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