US Aims for Israel-Hezbollah Truce Before Biden’s Term Ends
- Diplomat Hochstein hopes warring sides agree deal within days
- Hezbollah ally signals broad agreement; still issues to debate
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One of Joe Biden’s top Middle East envoys traveled to Beirut on Tuesday, as the US steps up efforts to clinch a cease-fire between Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel.
Amos Hochstein, who handles Israel-Hezbollah affairs for the White House, visited the country on Tuesday to discuss a US-drafted proposal to end the war between the two sides. He met Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the speaker of parliament, Nabih Berri, who acts as an interlocutor between the West and Hezbollah, considered a terrorist group by the US and many other countries.