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The family said Katie's mother called the police in an effort to deescalate the situation.

There is a concerted effort to downplay the extent of the Israeli operation, either to save itself the embarrassment of admitting that major military bases were damaged or to provide the leadership in Tehran with an offramp to deescalate.

The Biden administration, fearing an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities or other major infrastructure, has sought to deescalate the confrontation.

The US envoy to Lebanon Amos Hochstein has been working assiduously for months now - talking to the Lebanese, and indirectly to Hezbollah and to the Israelis, about trying to find a way to deescalate this diplomatically.

Several players stopped their cars and offered Hill support while he was detained by the police, and defensive tackle Calais Campbell told NFL Network that he also was placed in handcuffs when he attempted to “deescalate” the situation.