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Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister said US envoy Amos Hochstein had signalled during a phone call Wednesday that a ceasefire in Lebanon was possible before US elections are held on November 5. “The call today with Hochstein suggested to me that perhaps we could reach a ceasefire in the coming days, before the fifth” of November, Najib Mikati said in a televised interview with Lebanese broadcaster Al-Jadeed. Hochstein was heading to Israel on Wednesday to discuss conditions for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. Hezbollah’s new leader Naim Qass…

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