Ammon News - Israel’s FM Gideon Saar says Hezbollah is the “problem” between his country and Lebanon.

Saar claimed that Israel is seeking “peace and normalisation” with Lebanon, ahead of talks between officials from both nations in Washington later today.

“Israel and Lebanon don’t have any major disputes between them. The problem is Hezbollah,” Saar said at a press conference.

“The problem for Israel’s security is the problem for Lebanon’s sovereignty,” the minister also said, adding that “the same problem” is Hezbollah.

More than 2,000 people in Lebanon have been killed in Israeli attacks since early March and over one million people have been displaced.

The Washington meeting – the first such talks since 1993 – will be mediated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and include the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the US.