NPR's Michel Martin talks to Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to President Biden, about the latest ceasefire deal in Gaza and his earlier negotiations for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

Hochstein is also reportedly demanding that Hezbollah hand all it weapons south of the Litani River over to the Lebanese military

Michael Herzog, the Israeli envoy who largely operated behind the scenes, was praised as a “supremely efficient” ambassador admired on both sides of the aisle.

Their dealmaking cooperation represents an unusual moment in the polarized world of U.S. politics. But it did not stop both Trump and Biden from touting their respective roles.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to President Biden, about the latest ceasefire deal in Gaza and his earlier negotiations for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

The security cabinet met on Thursday to debate how long Israel should stay in southern Lebanon considering the Lebanese side hasn’t fulfilled its part of the agreement.

The Israel Air Force struck three suspects in ... By JERUSALEM POST STAFF US envoy Amos Hochstein reportedly said there had been some Israeli violations of the ceasefire with Lebanon.

While the wages of success in the region will be enormous, the consequences of failure will be utterly hellish.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, expected to begin its first phase Sunday, has brought relief to the international community but questions about whether the truce will hold — an issue that President-elect Trump will have to oversee when he takes office next week.

and Israel’s military said it struck “terrorist” targets in Lebanon. “The possibility for an agreement is running out as Hezbollah continues to tie itself to Hamas,” Gallant told visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein, a defence ministry statement said.

Israel will on Saturday free a Palestinian inmate who has spent the longest continuous period in Israeli detention, Mohammed al-Tous, who was jailed for nearly four decades, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club advocacy group.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received the head of the monitoring committee overseeing the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, U.S. General Jasper Jeffers, at the second presidency headquarters in Ain el-Tineh.