what is now my fourth visit to the region since october 7th. >> reporter: so, the israeli leaders have said very recently that time is running out for some sort of deal between israel and hezbollah, or between the united states and iran. the problem is that why blinken is able to travel to all these different countries and talk to princes, kings, diplomats, and presidents, is not able to really directly speak to the people who matter, the iranians and hezbollah, and hamas. these are the people who have the best chance of really raining in tensions on the other side of the aisle. you can talk to benjamin netanyahu who, as we've seen, made that bold strike. now, the israelis have not acknowledged this, but everybody in the region believe the israelis were behind that assassination attempt in beirut. the israelis have not denied it. but it looks as though he has his work cut out for him, trying to keep everybody falling off the lynch of war. yasmin? >> matt bradley, thank you.