The United States would like to see Israel scale back some of its strikes in and around the Lebanese capital of Beirut, said US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.<br /><br />"The number of civilian casualties have been far too high," he told reporters at a G7 defense gathering in Naples, Italy on Saturday (Oct 19).<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
