US special envoy Amos Hochstein said Tuesday that his country was working to avoid “a greater war” between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah in south Lebanon, describing the situation as “serious.” “We have seen an escalation over the last few weeks and what (US) President (Joe)Biden wants to do is to avoid a further escalation to a greater war. That is the effort here,” Hochstein told reporters after holding talks with Lebanon’s House Speaker Nabhi Berri, a close ally of Hezbollah. “This is a very serious situation that we are in,” the US official said, adding that there is still a pathway…