U.S. diplomats are stepping up efforts to broker a truce in the Middle East as the U.S. election approaches. However, as CNN reports, citing internal sources, doubts remain in Washington that the diplomatic marathon will produce concrete results before Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to bide his time to see who becomes the next US president before making key decisions about the fighting.
The Biden administration has long believed that Netanyahu hopes to wait for the outcome of the election before taking steps toward de-escalation, CNN sources said. Despite this, the US administration continues its diplomatic activities in the region. CIA Director Bill Burns visited Cairo to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The United States special envoy, Amos Hochstein, and the White House coordinator for the Middle East, Brett McGurk, are also in Israel to negotiate a possible truce and the fate of the hostages.
However, before the end of the electoral race, American officials are under no illusions. Amid domestic political uncertainty, few in the Biden administration believe that US efforts in the coming days will lead to an immediate pause in hostilities, CNN emphasizes.
Previously, Cursor wrote that the draft agreement to resolve the conflict between Israel and Lebanon contains a number of important changes to the security structure in southern Lebanon.
