US national security adviser Jake Sullivan expresses worry over escalating tension in Middle East

WILMINGTON: US national security adviser

Jake Sullivan

on Saturday said he was worried about escalation between

Israel

and

Lebanon

but that the Israeli killing of top

Hezbollah

leader Ibrahim Aqil brought justice to the Iran-backed group.
Sullivan, speaking with reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, said he still sees a path to a ceasefire in

Gaza

but that the US is "not at a point right now where we're prepared to put something on the table."
Sullivan said the US is continuing to work with Qatar and Egypt as the two countries talk with Hamas, but that Washington, as it talks with Israel, is not in a position to propose a deal that could be accepted by both parties.

He said the Friday strike served justice to Aqil, who was wanted by the US for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at the American embassy and a US Marines barracks.