US envoy & mediator Amos Hochstein meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv

White House envoy and mediator Amos Hochstein met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on Sunday night. The meeting was in a bid to head off an escalating war with Hezbollah. 

Israel seeks removal of Hezbollah from the Southern Lebanon. The presence of armed Hezbollah forces in Southern Lebanon violates UN Security Council Resolution under



which, the Lebanese Armed Forces are supposed to be the only armed group south of the Litani River. 

Around 200 members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah have been killed in the airstrikes. During a tour of Tel Nof airbase in central Israel earlier on Sunday, Gallant warned Hezbollah against escalation.