(Reuters) - 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, the post added.

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.

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.