A video circulating online shows the Lebanese Army seizing control of military posts, weapons and rockets in the southern region of al-Orqoub.

Hezbollah MP Hussein Jishi stressed Thursday that “the arms of the resistance are what liberated the land and ousted the enemy.”

The Lebanese army has been deploying in the southern villages and towns from which Israeli troops have withdrawn as Lebanon is set to hold its municipal elections next month including in the country's south, still suffering from devastation from major Israeli bombings and a ground invasion.

The Israeli strikes have not been halted by a ceasefire reached in late November and Israeli troops remain on five hills in south Lebanon that Israel deems "strategic".

A U.S. military delegation accompanied by a Lebanese Army force on Thursday inspected the al-Dabesh area on the southeastern outskirts of the southern town of Yohmor al-Shaqif, which was targeted by Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling over the past two weeks, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani visited the Lebanese Foreign Ministry on Thursday after it summoned him over his latest remarks on disarmament.

Amani met with the ministry’s Secretary-General Ambassador Hani Chemaitelly, who informed him of “the need to abide by the diplomatic norms specified in the international treaties related to the sovereignty of nations and non-interference in their domestic affairs, topped by the Vienna Convention,” a statement said.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized Wednesday Hezbollah's officials for stating that the group will not hand over its arms as long as Israeli troops are in South Lebanon.

Hezbollah's chief Sheikh Naim Qassem -- and other Hezbollah officials -- had said that Israel must completely withdraw first and stop its violations, otherwise Hezbollah "will not let anyone disarm" it.

Morgan Ortagus, the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East, has noted that Lebanon will not make improvements without taking “hard decisions.”

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani revealed Wednesday that the booby-trapped pager device that wounded him was present in his office and that it was there to “warn of any attack.”

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert began Wednesday a visit to Moscow, as part of her ongoing consultations with regional and international stakeholders.

During her visit, the Special Coordinator is set to meet with senior Russian officials to discuss the latest developments in Lebanon and ways in which the international community can best support the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1701.

Hezbollah Islamic relations official Sheikh Abdel Majid Ammar on Tuesday strongly condemned an Israeli drone strike that killed a senior Jamaa Islamiya military commander near Damour, calling it an attack on Lebanese sovereignty and on “resistance with all its affiliations.”