US envoy in Beirut for talks after Lebanon, Hezbollah approve truce draft

19/11/2024 19:01

        U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein landed in Beirut on Tuesday for talks with officials on a truce between armed group Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon's state news
        agency said, hours after a proposal drafted by Washington won a nod from the Iran-backed group.
        
        The visit indicates progress in U.S.-led diplomacy aimed at ending a conflict which spiralled into all-out war in late September, when Israel launched a major offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah.
        
        Both the Lebanese government and Hezbollah have agreed to the U.S. ceasefire proposal that was submitted in writing last week and made some comments on the content, Ali Hassan Khalil, an aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, told Reuters on Monday.
        
        There was no immediate comment from Israel.