Rajji says Lebanon received warnings of major Israeli offensive

Lebanon has received warnings from Arab and international parties that Israel is preparing for a large-scale military operation against Lebanon, Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji said Friday.

"We are intensifying our diplomatic contacts to protect Lebanon and Lebanese facilities from any Israeli strike," the LF minister told Qatari al-Jazeera news channel, adding that Lebanon is currently far from a peace treaty with Israel.

"We are seeking to return to the Armistice Agreement," he said.

Speaker Nabih Berri and former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat have both called for reviving the 1949 Armistice Agreement that ended the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Asas Media news portal reported Friday that the ceasefire committee, which now includes a Lebanese and an Israeli civilian negotiators, would discuss in its upcoming meetings the return to the 1949 Armistice Agreement.