Lebanon is working to ensure , that the response to the Israeli assassination of a senior commander of "Hezbollah" in Beirut will not cause a total war in the Middle East, the country's foreign minister Abdullah Bou Habib said on Tuesday, quoted by "Reuters".
Tensions in the region have risen dramatically in the past week following the assassination of the head of the Palestinian armed group "Hamas" Ismail Haniya and an Israeli strike in the suburbs of Beirut that killed a senior commander of the Lebanese armed group "Hezbollah".
Hezbollah said last week that the Iran-backed group would respond in a measured manner.
Israel and "Hezbollah" exchange fire since "Hamas" attacked Israel on October 7 and ignited a war in Gaza.