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Rubio says Israel-Lebanon peace deal is achievable but Hezbollah is a problem

AL-MONITOR
May 5, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio points as members of the media raise their hands during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio points as members of the media raise their hands during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper — Kylie Cooper

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that peace between Israel and Lebanon was achievable but that Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was a problem.

"By and large, I think a peace deal between Lebanon and Israel is imminently achievable, and should be," Rubio told reporters in a White House press briefing.

"The problem with Israel and Lebanon is not Israel or Lebanon, it's Hezbollah."

(Reporting by Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Michelle Nichols)