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    A Moroccan woman wearing a Hamas headband attends a protest in support of Gaza and Lebanon in Rabat, Morocco on Oct. 6, 2024. (Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo) A Moroccan woman wearing a Hamas headband attends a protest in support of Gaza and Lebanon in Rabat, Morocco on Oct. 6, 2024. (Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP Photo)
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    The United States and other mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, circulating new proposals to wind down the regional conflict during the Biden administration鈥檚 final months.

    Negotiations on both fronts have been stalled for months and none of the warring parties have shown any sign of backing down from their demands.

    Senior White House officials Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein will visit Israel on Thursday for talks on possible ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza, and the release of hostages held by Hamas, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The official also said CIA director Bill Burns was headed to Egypt on Thursday to discuss those efforts.

    A proposal to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah calls for a two-month ceasefire during which Israeli forces would withdraw from Lebanon, and Hezbollah would end its armed presence along the country's southern border, two other officials familiar with the talks said.

    But Israel is unlikely to trust UN peacekeepers and Lebanese troops to keep Hezbollah out of a reestablished buffer zone in Lebanon. It wants the freedom to strike the militants if needed. Lebanese officials want a complete withdrawal.

    Separately, the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have proposed a four-week ceasefire in Gaza during which Hamas would release up to 10 hostages, according to an Egyptian official and a western diplomat.

    But Hamas still appears unwilling to release scores of hostages without securing a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, even after the killing of its top leader, Yahya Sinwar. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted on lasting Israeli control over parts of the territory.

    In Lebanon, a push to revive the UN resolution that ended the last war

    During his visit to Beirut last week, Hochstein met with Lebanon鈥檚 Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. They agreed on a roadmap on how to implement UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the 34-day Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006, according to a Lebanese official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door talks.

    The resolution stipulates a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, withdrawal of Israeli forces from all Lebanese territory, and withdrawal of all armed forces except for UN peacekeepers and the Lebanese army from the area south of the Litani River, some 30 kilometres north of the border.

    On Wednesday, Hezbollah's newly chosen leader, Naim Kassem, said the group will not 鈥渂eg鈥 for a ceasefire. 鈥淚f the Israelis decide to stop the aggression, we say that we accept, but according to the conditions that we see as suitable,鈥 he said during a televised address.

    Israel has not publicly commented on the proposal to end their latest war, which started more than a year ago and dramatically intensified in mid-September.

    Two U.S. officials say there are competing proposals being discussed for a ceasefire in Lebanon, including one idea calling for an immediate truce followed by two months to fully implement the resolution.

    The Lebanese official said that once a ceasefire is reached, a 60-day period will start in which the Lebanese army and the peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL would deploy in the border area as Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters withdraw.

    The Lebanese official said the roadmap includes increasing the number of UN peacekeepers from 10,000 to 15,000 and boosting the number of Lebanese troops south of the Litani from 4,000 to 15,000.

    Resolution 1701 also called for 鈥渢he disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon,鈥 including Hezbollah, but that is not part of the initial implementation phase under the current proposal.

    Another official familiar with the talks said Israel has requested that any deal include measures to prevent Hezbollah from rearming and guarantees that Israel would be able to act in the buffer zone to combat threats from the militant group.

    It is unclear if Lebanon would agree to a deal that allows Israel to continue military operations on Lebanese territory. Lebanese officials have insisted there should be no alteration to Resolution 1701, which stipulates a full Israeli withdrawal.

    Hezbollah has said it will not halt its rocket fire on Israel unless there is a ceasefire in Gaza. It is not clear whether that stance has changed after the killing of Hezbollah's longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and several other top commanders in Israeli airstrikes last month.

    Mediators propose a limited ceasefire in Gaza

    The U.S., Egypt and Qatar have proposed a four-week ceasefire in Gaza in which eight to 10 hostages would be released, according to a senior Egyptian official.

    Under the plan, humanitarian aid to Gaza would be scaled up, but there would be no guarantees of future talks on a permanent ceasefire, the official said.

    Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people and abducted around 250 in the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war. Israel鈥檚 retaliatory offensive has killed over 43,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not say how many were combatants but say more than half were women and children.

    Around 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza, about a third of whom are believed to be dead.

    The latest proposal is based on an initiative by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who proposed a two-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of four hostages last week.

    Netanyahu, who has always said he is open to temporary truces for the release of hostages, said in a statement that he had not received a formal proposal based on the Egyptian initiative but 鈥渨ould have accepted it immediately.鈥

    Hamas has said it is open to discussing alternative proposals but has stood by its demands for a lasting ceasefire, an Israeli withdrawal and the release of Palestinian prisoners.

    The Egyptian official said the mediators were not optimistic.

    A western diplomat in Cairo confirmed that their government had been briefed on the proposal, saying it was being pursued in parallel to the efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon. Both officials in Egypt spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the talks.

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    Frankel reported from Jerusalem and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed.

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