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US envoy Hochstein will be in Beirut on Tuesday amid ceasefire push
US Special envoy Amos Hochstein, center, gives a statement to the media after his meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
US envoy Amos Hochstein will travel to the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday for talks on a ceasefire between the Hezbollah terror group and Israel, a Lebanese political source tells Reuters.
Lebanese media outlet Voice of Lebanon also reported the visit, quoting Lebanese member of parliament Kassem Hashem. The US has submitted a new truce proposal to the Lebanese state in the hopes of putting a halt to more than a year of fighting.
News of Hochstein’s visit follows reports in Lebanese media that a positive response to the ceasefire proposal had been submitted.
The New York Times reported over the weekend that Hezbollah’s Iranian backers had sent messages to the group saying that they supported an end to war.
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