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Israeli foreign minister says no plans for talks with Lebanese government

AL-Monitor
Mar 15, 2026
Israeli military vehicles at the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, amid escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, and amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in northern Israel, March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Shir Torem
Israeli military vehicles at the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, amid escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, and amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in northern Israel, March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Shir Torem — Shir Torem

ZAZIR, northern Israel, March 15 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Sunday that the government was not planning to hold direct talks with Lebanon in the coming days and had not told the United States it was running low on missile interceptors.

Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on Saturday that Israel and Lebanon were expected to hold direct talks in the coming days. Semafor also reported that Israel had informed Washington it was running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors.

Asked about the two reports, Saar said: "For the two questions, the answers is no."

(Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Joe Bavier)