While we spent 11 months containing the conflict. We were not able to resolve it. In each of my visits, I cautioned that the situation was urgent and the status quo was not sustainable. We were either going to reach a solution or things are going to escalate out of control,

BEIRUT: US envoy Amos Hochstein will hold talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Monday (Oct 21) on conditions for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, while Israel struck branches across Lebanon of what it describes as Hezbollah's shadow bank.

U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday in Beirut that the United States was working on a formula to end the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah for good, and that merely committing to a previous U.