United States envoy Amos Hochstein is due to visit the Lebanese capital Beirut “imminently” after Lebanon responded “positively” to a US-backed proposal to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday.

The U.S. official overseeing contacts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon is due to visit Beirut on Tuesday, sources in Lebanon said on Monday, with Beirut expected give its response to a U.

Fresh Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday. Lebanon is expected to respond to a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal soon.

Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut for a second straight day on Monday, breaking a month-long pause in attacks on this part of the capital.

Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters.