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US pushing for 21-day truce between Hezbollah and Israel

The Biden administration is rushing to achieve a weeks-long truce between Hezbollah and Israel that it hopes can provide an offramp to full-scale regional war, one Arab official and former US official told Middle East Eye.

The US is aiming for a 21-day pause in fighting, the former senior US official told MEE. The Arab official said that Biden administration officials are speaking with Lebanese and French officials to push for a deal.

A US official in the region also confirmed to MEE that a “big push” was underway to stop the fighting.

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US pushing for 21-day truce between Hezbollah-Israel to avert wider war

Demonstrators protest against the escalation of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and call for an end to war on Gaza, in Madrid, Spain, on 25 September 2024.