Iran’s supreme leader is said to be pushing Hezbollah towards a ceasefire with Israel as US mediators head to Lebanon to try to broker a deal.

Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, passed messages to the Lebanese terror group on Friday that said he supported ending the conflict, two Iranians affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said.

Khamenei told Hezbollah it should agree to the terms demanding it move its forces north, in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, the sources told The New York Times.

They added that the messages also assured the group it would continue to receive financial and military support to help the ground rebuild and recover from the conflict.

Hezbollah has previously promised that it would continue attacking Israel as long as the war in Gaza rages, but reports in recent weeks indicate that it might have changed its stance.