US envoy Amos Hochstein is set to discuss a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
US diplomat Amos Hochstein has arrived in Israel after a stop in Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss a cease-fire deal drafted in Washington.
The truce deals with the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, not with Hamas in Gaza.
Hochstein is due to meet personally with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“What we have seen is [Israel] accomplish a number of important objectives,” US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters ahead of the meeting.
“We have seen [Israel], over the course of the last couple months, really be quite effective in clearing out Hezbollah infrastructure close to the border, which is why we believe we’re in the place that we can get a diplomatic resolution now,” Miller added.
According to the United Nations, some 3,000 Lebanese civilians have been killed as tensions have once again flared between Hezbollah and Israel in recent months.
