Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Naeem Qassem, confirmed today that "the decision to respond to Israel has been made and it will happen." He described the visit of U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein to Lebanon as "showy," adding that "there are no specific American proposals." Qassem stated that "the United States wants to show that it is making moves, but in a vacuum without a project so far."