00:00Thank you, General. Regarding, again, to the tension of the border between Hezbollah and
00:05Israel, there is some reports claiming that the Israel officials have told the U.S. that
00:10they are planning to shift resources from southern Gaza to the northern of Israel in
00:17preparation for possible offensive against Hezbollah. So do you confirm these reports?
00:23Have you seen these reports? And from last Tuesday, when the IDF has been approved operational
00:31plans for an offensive in Lebanon, since that approval, does the Israel ask for any new
00:39ammunitions or weapons from the U.S.? And what discussions the DoD had to try to de-escalate
00:45the situation there?
00:46Yeah. So, you know, in terms of that press reporting, look, I'm not going to speak to
00:53potential Israeli operations or planning. I'd refer you to them to talk about their
00:58current status. Again, we've been very clear publicly and privately that we want to see
01:04calm restored along the border in our conversations with partners in the region, to include those
01:12in Israel and Lebanon. And again, I'm not going to get into hypotheticals or speculate
01:18on, you know, if something could happen. Our focus right now is on preventing a wider regional
01:24conflict and on encouraging resolution of these tensions via diplomacy. So we'll continue
01:31to stay focused on that.
