If there is a Gaza agreement, then from zero hour there will be a ceasefire in Lebanon,” the official said. The efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held for nearly nine months gained momentum this week as Hamas put forward a revised proposal outlining the terms of an agreement,

A senior U.S. administration official hailed “a breakthrough on a critical impasse” as Israel ordered its negotiators to return to the Qatari capital, Doha.

Negotiators suddenly resumed negotiations in Doha, Qatar, shortly after Israel signaled it is preparing to wind down major military operations in Gaza after nine months of war.