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US envoy Amos Hochstein is due to travel to Lebanon and negotiate a proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and the Shiite militia Hezbollah, a local television channel reported on Monday. Hochstein is expected in the Mediterranean country later this week, according to Lebanese television station LBCI, citing people familiar with the plans. But the office of House Speaker Nabih Berri, who is carrying out the negotiations with Hochstein on behalf of Hezbollah, said that Berri “has not received yet any phone call regarding a new visit by Hochstein to Beirut.” The plans for his possible visit are…