Senior Biden advisers to travel to Israel today to talk ceasefire in Lebanon — official

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US National Security Council Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, left, and then-State Department energy envoy Amos Hochstein in 2022. (AP/collage)
US National Security Council Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, left, and then-State Department energy envoy Amos Hochstein in 2022. (AP/collage)

An Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that senior advisers to US President Joe Biden Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein will travel to Israel today to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to discuss a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The official confirms a report by the Walla news site saying the pair will arrive and present an official ceasefire proposal in an attempt to close a deal that Israeli and American officials say can be finalized within weeks.

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