The Israeli cabinet will vote on a ceasefire deal in Lebanon on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson told CNN, after a source familiar with the matter said the Israeli prime minister had approved the plan “in principle.

Intense negotiations over the past week have brought Israel and Lebanon closer to a deal, but it has not yet been finalized.

"We believe that the trajectory of this is going in a very positive direction," the National Security Council's John Kirby said.

Four senior Lebanese sources said that U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron were expected to announce a ceasefire in Lebanon between armed group Hezbollah and Israel within 36 hours.

The Israeli ambassador to Washington says that a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached “within days.”

Israel’s war Cabinet was meeting Tuesday to discuss a plan for a cease-fire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah as its military launched fresh airstrikes on southern Beirut.

The bloc's outgoing foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made the remarks on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Italy.