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US 'pushing hard' to prevent 'wider war' in Mideast: Biden

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Biden said his administration was "going to do everything we can to keep a wider war from breaking out. And we're still pushing hard"

AFP/BSS

Publisted at 11:54 AM, Mon Sep 23rd, 2024

US President Joe Biden said Sunday that the United States would do everything possible to prevent an escalation of war in the Middle East, as hostilities flared between Israel and Hezbollah.

Affirming that he was worried about rising regional tensions, Biden told reporters from the White House South Lawn that his administration was "going to do everything we can to keep a wider war from breaking out. And we're still pushing hard."

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