Israeli opposition party leader Benny Gantz renewed his demand on Monday that the army be given the freedom to attack Lebanon in any ceasefire agreement if there is any violation.

Gantz said, via the "X" platform: "The condition for any agreement with Lebanon is complete Israeli freedom of action against any violation."

The United States, an ally of Israel, is mediating to reach a ceasefire agreement between Tel Aviv and Beirut, to end the ongoing Israeli war on Lebanon since September 23.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said on Sunday that US envoy Amos Hochstein will arrive in Beirut on Tuesday to meet with Lebanese officials and obtain the Lebanese government's response to the US proposal for a ceasefire.

Hochstein is expected to visit Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

Israel is demanding that it be given the right to attack targets in Lebanon if Hezbollah violates the ceasefire, which Beirut has so far strongly rejected.

On Friday, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he had received an American proposal for a ceasefire, which "does not include any kind of freedom of movement for the Israeli army in Lebanon."

According to the Broadcasting Corporation, the United States will send a "separate letter of assurances" to Israel informing it that it has the right to launch an attack if it detects any violation of the agreement.

After clashes with factions in Lebanon, most notably Hezbollah, which began the day after Israel launched a war of genocide on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of more than 147,000 Palestinians, Tel Aviv expanded the scope of the genocide since September 23 to include most areas of Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, through air strikes, and also began a ground invasion in the south.

The Israeli aggression on Lebanon resulted in a total of 3,481 martyrs and 14,786 wounded, including a large number of children and women, in addition to about 1,400,000 displaced persons. Most of the victims and displaced persons were recorded after September 23.

Every day, Hezbollah responds by launching missiles, drones, and artillery shells targeting military sites, intelligence headquarters, military gatherings, and settlements. While Israel announces some of its human and material losses, military censorship imposes a strict blackout on most of the losses, according to observers.

Israel has occupied Arab lands in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine for decades, and rejects the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the borders before the 1967 war with East Jerusalem as its capital.