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according to a report by the us "capitol hill" on the 29th, john kirby, the strategic communications coordinator of the white house national security council, said on the same day that despite the sudden escalation of the lebanese-israeli conflict, the us state department currently believes that there is "no need" to intervene to organize the ongoing conflicts in israel and lebanon. american expats evacuated.

screenshot of "capitol hill" report

in an interview with the abc show, host martha raddatz asked kirby: "are you absolutely sure that we are ready to pull americans out of lebanon or even israel? are we completely ready?" she continued, "i know, i hate to look back, but there was no preparation in afghanistan. i know this time is very different. but are you confident that you can do it this time?"

in response, kirby responded, "martha, we have contingency plans for evacuation in almost every corner of the world, and everything we do, everything secretary austin does at the department of defense, is to ensure that we we have the necessary capabilities and the plans available... so, we are working on that, and i would add that at this time, the (u.s.) state department does not believe that is necessary for those americans who want to leave beirut to still be able to do so via commercial flights. and commercial air traffic leaving.”

john kirby, strategic communications coordinator, national security council, white house

according to reports, at the time of kirby's interview, tensions between lebanon and israel continued to escalate. lebanese hezbollah issued a statement on the 28th, confirming that its leader nasrallah was killed in an israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital beirut on the 27th. "we again urge americans, if you are in lebanon and you want to leave, do so while these (commercial flight) options are available," kirby said in the interview.

"capitol hill" reported that israeli prime minister netanyahu rejected a temporary ceasefire proposal proposed by the united states and other countries this week. the prime minister's office stated on the 26th that netanyahu "did not even respond" to the proposal.

since the outbreak of a new round of palestinian-israeli conflict on october 7 last year, lebanese hezbollah has launched attacks in northern israel from time to time, and the israeli army has retaliated with air strikes and shelling of targets in southern lebanon. after the explosion of communications equipment in lebanon on the 17th of this month, the lebanese-israeli conflict suddenly escalated, and the israeli army recently began to launch a series of violent air strikes on beirut. lebanese prime minister mikati said at a press conference on the 29th that the number of people displaced in lebanon due to israeli attacks may reach 1 million.