Senior Advisor to U.S. President Biden, Amos Hochstein gives a statement to the media after his meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Hochstein in his visit to Beirut Tuesday described the ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israeli forces on the Lebanon-Israel border as a "very serious situation" and said efforts to find a diplomatic solution to head off a larger war are "urgent." Hochstein met with officials in Lebanon after visiting Israel the day before. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)