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.

Amos Hochstein, a top U.S. envoy to the Middle East, arrived in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, on Tuesday as efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to be intensifying.

US envoy Amos Hochstein said on Tuesday during a visit to Beirut that he saw "a real opportunity" to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah which has has been raging for months. "There is an opportunity to reach a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon and we continue to fill the gaps in the agreement,

GazaUS envoy Amos Hochstein said in Beirut on Tuesday there was a “real opportunity” to end the war between Hezbollah and Israel, and that a solution was “within our grasp”.He made the comments after meeting Nabih Berri,

US Middle East mediator Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut early Tuesday in an effort to finalize a ceasefire agreement that would end the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, a government source said and state media reported.