U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said he will travel to Israel on Wednesday to try to secure a ceasefire ending the war with Lebanon's Hezbollah group after declaring additional progress in talks in Beirut.

BEIRUT — A United States envoy said an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is “within our grasp” after talks in Lebanon on Tuesday. However, there was no such optimism in the Gaza Strip, where the looting of nearly 100 aid trucks by armed men worsened an already severe food crisis.

U.S. envoy Amos Hoschtein said Tuesday "a real opportunity" to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is "now within our grasp," but both parties need to make the decision.

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein will travel to Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday night, Axios reporter Barrak Ravid said in a post on X, citing Israeli officials. Hochstein will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to discuss the Lebanon ceasefire deal,

Naim Qassem demands complete cessation of hostilities, preservation of Lebanese sovereignty, threatens to attack Tel Aviv in response to Israeli strikes on Beirut

The envoy, Amos Hochstein, said an end to the fighting was “within our grasp” after meeting in Beirut with Lebanon’s Parliament speaker, a key interlocutor with Hezbollah.

US Middle East mediator Amos Hochstein said talks on a ceasefire agreement to end the war between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group made further progress. Hochstein will head to Israel later on Wednesday after extending his stay in Lebanon to hold a second meeting with Lebanon's House Speaker Nabih Berri,

The visit indicates progress in US-led diplomacy aimed at ending a conflict which spiralled into all-out war in late September.

Israeli officials have demanded freedom to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of any emerging cease-fire deal between the sides, raising a potential complication as a top U.S. envoy was in the region