Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs for a second consecutive day, as Lebanon waited to hear Washington’s latest ceasefire proposals after a US official expressed hope a truce could be agreed, Reuters reports.

“They used to hit Dahiyeh at night, now they are doing it in daytime. Things are intensifying day after day,” said Hassan Moussa, 40, speaking in Beirut, adding that Israeli airstrikes had also widened to areas such as Aramoun, the village south of Beirut where the health ministry said six people were killed.

The Israeli military said 20 rockets had crossed into Israel but were mostly intercepted. The air force intercepted two drones over the north, it said.

White House envoy Amos Hochstein, the US official who has led several fruitless attempts to broker a ceasefire over the last year, told Axios that he thought “there is a shot” at a truce in Lebanon soon. “I am hopeful we can get it.”

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