US special envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday for talks with officials on a truce plan, which Lebanon has largely endorsed, to halt the Israel-Hezbollah war.
With the Lebanese government reviewing a US truce proposal, an official following the talks closely said on Monday that it had “a very positive view” of the plan. “We are finalising our last remarks about the US wording of the draft,” the official said.
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would continue to conduct military operations against Hezbollah even if a ceasefire was reached.
As Hochstein arrives in Lebanon, Israel carried out an airstrike on the Beirut suburb of Chiyah early on Tuesday morning without prior warning, after a long week of attacks on the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs. Beirut itself was hit three times over Sunday and Monday.
In Gaza, where Israel’s war has killed nearly 44,000 people as shelling continued in Gaza City.
G20 leaders called for “comprehensive” ceasefires in both Gaza in a joint statement at a summit in Brazil on Monday, and for more aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave.
