Hezbollah announces first attack in two days as US envoy in Beirut

Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that it targeted an Israeli tank with a drone, the first announcement since the Lebanese movement halted its attacks on Israel for two days.

No clear reason was given as to why the group paused its attacks during the first two days of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.

US presidential envoy Amos Hochstein is currently in Beirut in a bid to avoid further escalations between Hezbollah and Israel.

Hochstein said the current situation is "serious".

"We have seen an escalation over the last few weeks, and what President Biden wants to do is avoid a further escalation to a greater war," he said.

Hochstein urged Hamas to accept the US-backed ceasefire proposal, which he says "also provides an opportunity to end the conflict across the Blue Line," referring to the demarcation line dividing Lebanon from Israel and the occupied Golan Heights.