US special envoy Amos Hochstein has reiterated his country’s call for a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militia and Israel. “We need to find a diplomatic solution that will allow for the Lebanese people to return to their homes in south Lebanon … as the people of Israel need to be able to return to their homes in their north,” Hochstein told reporters in Beirut following a meeting with House Speaker Nabih Berri. Lebanese caretaker prime minister Nagib Mikati said a ceasefire in Gaza as well as an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the repeated v…