RIYADH — Just a year after announcing that diplomatic ties with Israel were getting closer, Saudi Arabia's de facto leader has shut down talk of normalization as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread.

The tougher tone from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came the same day that exploding walkie-talkies killed members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, again raising fears of a wider war.

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