US envoy says truce between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is 'within our grasp'

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Peace talks between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah centre around troops from both forces withdrawing from a UN buffer zone in southern Lebanon.

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00:00A truce between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is within grasp, according to a U.S. envoy

00:07negotiating between both sides of the war.

00:12A representative from the Biden administration said the militant group responded positively

00:17to a proposal that both its fighters and Israeli ground forces withdraw from a U.N. buffer

00:23zone in southern Lebanon.

00:27In such a scenario, the buffer zone would be policed by thousands of additional U.N.

00:31peacekeepers and Lebanese troops.

00:34However, despite the U.S. envoy's positivity, the technical details of any potential truce

00:40are still unsolved.

00:46Israel is likely to call for more enforcement along the buffer zone between the two countries,

00:51including the ability to conduct military operations against threats from Hezbollah.

00:58Lebanon is likely to oppose those operations along the buffer zone, where U.N. peacekeepers

01:04were reportedly attacked after tensions escalated.

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