'Time running out' for a diplomatic solution in south Lebanon, threatens Israeli foreign minister

The Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Monday that "time is running out" to reach a diplomatic solution in the south of Lebanon, as tensions flare between the two countries, with daily cross-border fire.

"Israel will act militarily to return the evacuated citizens" to its northern border area if no diplomatic solution is reached to end the violence, Katz told his visiting French counterpart Stephane Sejourne, according to a statement issued by the Israeli foreign ministry.