US envoy in Israel for truce
BEIRUT: US envoy Amos Hochstein announced he would head to Israel on Wednesday after spending two days in Lebanon trying to hammer out a deal for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah.The United States and France have spearheaded efforts for a truce in the conflict, which escalated in late September after nearly a year of deadly exchanges of fire across Israel's northern border.Israel expanded the focus of its operations from Gaza to Lebanon, vowing to secure the north and allow...