BREAKING: Hamas not attending ceasefire talks, Iran to launch attack on Israel | LiveNOW from FOX

US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein said on Wednesday he believed all-out war between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful militant group Hezbollah could be avoided but that Israel and Hamas needed to move towards a peace agreement for Gaza without further delay. Iran-backed Hezbollah began cross-border attacks on Israel soon after Israeli forces began a military assault on Gaza in response to the deadly Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Israeli fire, initially confined to Lebanon’s border area, has now targeted senior Hezbollah, Hamas and other figures further north. Hamas has said it will not attend ceasefire and hostage release talks in Doha on Thursday, though Israel said it will send a delegation. Mark Chandler, the director of government relations at Coastal Carolina University and former senior intelligence defense official, joined LiveNOW from FOX’s Josh Breslow to share what this visit means as conflict in Middle East looms. Subscribe to LiveNOW from FOX!