US envoy says Israel-Hezbollah truce ‘within grasp’ as Gaza food crisis worsens

A Palestinian child queues for food in Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

A United States envoy said an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is “within our grasp” after talks in Lebanon.

However, there was no such optimism in the Gaza Strip, where the looting of nearly 100 aid trucks by armed men worsened an already severe food crisis.