White House was 'not aware Beirut strike was planned
Earlier, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said he was not aware of any communication from Israel ahead of the strike in Beirut on Friday.
"And that, of course, as you know, is not atypical. All I can assert to you is that there was no US involvement," he told reporters.
Kirby said the White House is "involved in intense diplomacy to prevent escalation of conflict along Israel-Lebanon border".
The US government has told its citizens not to travel to Lebanon, and to leave if they are already there, amid spiralling tensions.
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