US envoy slated to visit Israel, Lebanon tomorrow as tensions high along border

Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to US President Joe Biden, speaks to journalists at Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport after his meeting with Lebanese officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 31, 2023. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to US President Joe Biden, speaks to journalists at Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport after his meeting with Lebanese officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 31, 2023. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

US envoy Amos Hochstein is expected to visit both Israel and Lebanon tomorrow to continue diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating the conflict across the Lebanon-Israel border, according to officials.

Lebanon’s deputy parliament speaker Elias Bou Saab, one of the officials due to meet Hochstein, tells Reuters that he believes the timing of his visit points to progress in efforts to secure a Gaza truce “within the next few hours or days.”

“If this happens, I believe that Hochstein’s visit this time will be of great importance to follow up on the truce on our southern borders and to discuss what is needed for stability and ending the possibility of the expansion of the war with Lebanon,” he says

Yesterday, Hebrew media reported that Hochstein is also expected to visit Israel tomorrow and meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Mossad chief David Barnea and other senior officials.

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