In Gaza, meanwhile, several people were killed in an operation targeting suspected gangs accused of looting dozens of trucks bringing aid to the battered and besieged Palestinian

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 looting of nearly 100 aid trucks by armed men worsened an already severe food crisis.