The United States on Monday called for a diplomatic resolution to the soaring tensions between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah as Israel prepared to respond to the attack in the Golan Heights that killed at least 12 children and young people at the weekend. “We believe that there is still time and space for a diplomatic solution,” said National Security Council adviser John Kirby, adding that the United States does not want Israel’s conflict with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip to “escalate.” The comments come one day after Israel’s Security Cabinet authori…