U.S. presidential envoy Amos Hochstein touched down in Israel on Wednesday night after two days of meetings in Beirut to discuss “technical details” of an American ceasefire proposal.
Hochstein was set to meet with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer shortly after his arrival on Wednesday night, followed by a tête-à-tête with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the following day.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s point man for Lebanon announced earlier on Wednesday that he would travel to Israel next, speaking after he made “additional progress” in a second meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who heads the Hezbollah-allied Amal movement.
“The meeting today built on the meeting yesterday, and made additional progress,” Hochstein said. “So I will travel from here in a couple hours to Israel to try to bring this to a close if we can.”
