US envoy Hochstein said heading to Beirut amid apparent progress in ceasefire push

US special envoy Amos Hochstein will travel to Beirut on Tuesday for talks on a truce between the Hezbollah terror group and Israel, a Lebanese political source told Reuters Monday, amid reports that Lebanon had responded positively to a ceasefire proposal submitted by the US.

Lebanon’s LBC media network reported Monday that a “positive” response to the US ceasefire proposal had been submitted to the US embassy in Beirut, and would be reviewed by Hochstein ahead of his visit to the region.

A leaked draft of the US proposal published by the Kan public broadcaster earlier this month showed that the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah would include the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the establishment of an international oversight committee and the deployment of some 10,000 Lebanese Armed Forces troops along the border with Israel. (Read More)