U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said Wednesday progress has been made in the negotiations with Lebanon, while Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem insisted that Israel cannot impose its conditions to stop the raging war.

One of the White House’s most senior Middle East envoys will travel to Tel Aviv from Beirut on Wednesday, in a bid to clinch a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

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.

The ambassador arrived in Beirut on Tuesday, seeking a ceasefire agreement after the Lebanese government and Hezbollah agreed to a U.S. ceasefire proposal

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

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said in a televised speech aired on Wednesday that his group had reviewed and given feedback on a U.S.-drafted ceasefire proposal to end fighting with Israel, and that a halt to hostilities was now in Israel's hands.

A U.S. envoy has held talks in Beirut with Lebanese officials about a possible cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war

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.