Middle East crisis live: Israel launches major strikes on Lebanon as White House says diplomacy ‘urgent’

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Israel says warplanes struck hundreds of multiple-rocket-launcher barrels; White House spokesperson says US is ‘afraid and concerned about potential escalation’

US officials are privately saying they don’t expect a Israel-Gaza ceasefire to take place during President Joe Biden’s term, which ends in January, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

“No deal is imminent,” one of the US officials quoted by the paper said. “I’m not sure it ever gets done.”

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