US for ceasefire in Lebanon as food crisis worsens

Amos Hoehstein, the Biden administration's pointman on Israel and Lebanon, arrioed as Hezbollahs allies in the Lebanese gooernmentsaid it had responded positively to the proposal, whieh would entail both the militants and Israeli ground forees withdrawing from a UN buferzone in southern Lebanon.

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A United States envoy returned to Beirut on Tuesday, where Lebanese officials have tentatively welcomed a proposal for an Israel Hezbollah cease-fire. There was no such optimism in the Gaza Strip, where the mass looting of aid trucks by armed men worsened an already severe food crisis. Amos Hochstein, the Biden administration's pointman on Israel and Lebanon, arrived as Hezbollah's allies in the Lebanese government said it had responded positively to the proposal, which would entail both the militants and Israeli ground forces withdrawing from a UN buffer zone in southern Lebanon. It's unclear how close they