Lebanon said studying US truce plan for Israel-Hezbollah war
Lebanese officials were reviewing on Friday a US truce proposal in the Israel-Hezbollah war as Hamas said it was ready for a ceasefire on Israel's other front, in Gaza.Israel has been at war against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon since late September, after a year of relatively low-level cross border exchanges which Hezbollah said were in support of Hamas fighting Israel in Gaza.A top government official in Beirut, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said US Ambassador Lisa Johnson discussed with senior Lebanese officials on Thursday a 13-point proposal.It includes a 60-day truce, during which Lebanon will redeploy troops to the border. The official added that Israel has yet to respond to the plan.Ceasefire efforts spearheaded by the United States and France have so far failed to halt the hostilities, which Lebanon says have killed more than 3,440 people since October last year.Israel says it wants tens of thousands of its citizens, displaced since the firing began mor...