Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein — US President Joe Biden’s point man on the months-long Israel-Hezbollah tensions — at the premier’s office in Jerusalem to discuss the escalating fight in the north.
A US embassy spokesperson tells The Times of Israel that Hochstein is in Israel as part of the Biden administration’s efforts “to further prevent escalation along the Israel-Lebanon border.”
Netanyahu is joined by National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman, Military Secretary Roman Gofman, and Political Adviser Ophir Falk. US Deputy Ambassador Stephanie Hallett joins Hochstein.
The Israeli readout does not include any details of the content of the conversation.
Hochstein is slated to meet with Opposition Leader Yair Lapid in the evening, and with National Unity party chief Benny Gantz later in the night.
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