 Did they discuss Lebanon, too? They did discuss Lebanon, and the Secretary made clear, of course, as he does in all our conversations, that we continue to seek a diplomatic resolution to that conflict. An Israeli drone strike on a car Monday near the Lebanon-Syria border killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States and had close ties to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The strike also came as Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group have been exchanging fire on an almost daily basis since October after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.