United States envoy Amos Hochstein is due to visit Beirut “imminently” after Lebanon responded “positively” to a US-backed proposal to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday. Mikati, speaking to Al Araby ...

Efforts for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified, with a US envoy expected to return to Lebanon for talks over a possible deal, amid an escalation of Israel’s air attacks across the country.

By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -A U.S. envoy is due in Lebanon on Tuesday for talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, with Beirut positive about Washington's efforts to end the war but seeking changes to how a truce would be monitored,

Israeli troops are understood to have made their deepest incursion into southern Lebanese territory since the recent offensive began on October 1, as the militant group Hezbollah considered its response to a fresh ceasefire proposal.

Local reporting suggested that Hezbollah had approached the US-backed deal with “openness” even as Israeli strikes in Lebanon have intensified.