We don't believe we have an agreement yet': State Department

The U.S. is hopeful that Israel and Hezbollah are close to a cease-fire deal, but striking a pact "is up to the parties, not to us," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a briefing Monday.

"We don't believe we have an agreement yet. We believe we're close to an agreement.

We believe that we have narrowed the gap significantly, but there are still steps that we need to see taken, but we hope -- we hope that we can get there," Miller said.

Echoing comments earlier Monday by White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby, Miller emphasized that
"nothing's final until everything's final."

"Oftentimes the very last stages of an agreement are the most difficult, because the hardest issues are left to the end," Miller said.