Report: Hochstein will not return to Lebanon before Gaza ceasefire

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein will not return to Lebanon before a Gaza ceasefire is reached, pro-Hezbollah al-Akhbar newspaper said.

The daily said Wednesday it has learned from sources that Hochstein told those he met in Lebanon during his last visit in June that he will not return before a Gaza agreement is reached.

A report, published earlier this week in al-Liwaa newspaper, had claimed that Hochstein will likely visit the region this month to reach a final agreement on the United Nations Council Resolution 1701.

The sources told al-Akhbar that the resistance had insisted on not separating the fronts and maintained that it will only stop its clashes with the Israeli army once a cease-fire agreement is reached in Gaza. "The resistance insisted that it will not discuss security arrangements before the end of the Israeli aggression on Gaza," the sources said.