Hezbollah is considering a US-Israeli ceasefire proposal, sources told CNN, as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group intensify.

Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei's adviser Ali Larijani told reporters after the talks Friday that he hoped circumstances would soon improve in Lebanon so that displaced people could return home.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s aide met Lebanon’s caretaker Najib Mikati in Beirut where he said that Iran will support Hezbollah’s “resistance” under all circumstances

US Lebanon envoy Lisa Johnson met Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday and submitted a written ceasefire proposal

The Israeli military pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes on Tuesday, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attacks yet on the Hezbollah-controlled area after the defence minister ruled out a ceasefire until Israeli goals were met.

Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs were hit by at least 12 heavy airstrikes on Tuesday, security sources and eyewitnesses said, as Israel's newly appointed defence minister rejected any talk of a possible ceasefire.

At least twelve heavy airstrikes have hit areas known to be Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs, security sources and eyewitnesses said. The strikes came after an Israeli army spokesman sent a warning on the social media platform X to evacuate areas in Beirut's southern suburbs.

A senior Lebanese official has signalled that Hezbollah is ready to pull its forces away from the Lebanese-Israeli border in any ceasefire, whilst rejecting Israel's demand for freedom to act against the Iran-backed group in the future.