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Fadlallah says state negotiations with Israel futile without Hezbollah consent

Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said Friday that the Lebanese government is negotiating terms it cannot actually enforce, emphasizing that no agreement can be implemented on the ground without the approval of the resistance.

Hezbollah and Amal reject the state's frameworks, which, according to Fadlallah, grant excessive concessions to Israel without offering any realistic or genuine solutions to Lebanon.

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Israel strikes on south Lebanon: Latest developments

The Israeli army struck Friday Jebshit, Kfartebnit, Blat, al-Bayyad, Qalaway and Debbine, as Hezbollah claimed attacks overnight into Friday on Israeli troops and equipment in Yohmor-Shqif, Bint Jbeil, Naqoura, Qawzah, Rshaf, Zawtar and Tayr Harfa.

Israeli artillery meanwhile shelled Bouyout al-Siyyad and Blat.

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Aoun says will not pull out of negotiations despite pressure

President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that he would always choose the state and that Lebanon will not pull out of negotiations with Israel despite pressure.

"Our choice remains the State, as it protects us all, and we must be convinced that we are a sovereign nation," Aoun said.

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Israel says Hezbollah drones cross border for second straight day

Hezbollah launched drones at Israel on Wednesday and Thursday, Israel's Foreign Ministry said, as it accused the group of serving Iran's interests.

"Yesterday evening and again this morning, the Iranian terror regime's proxy, Hezbollah, launched drones at Israel from Lebanon, in (a) blatant violation of the ceasefire," the Foreign Ministry posted on the X platform.

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Rajji says Hezbollah, including political wing, 'illegal and destabilizing'

Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Rajji said Hezbollah is a military organization and there is no difference between its political and its military wings.

In an interview with the French news channel LCI, Rajji said that "distinguishing between the political and military wings of Hezbollah is completely unrealistic."

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Two killed, several wounded in Israeli strikes on south and east

One person was killed Thursday and seven others were wounded in an Israeli strike on Abbasiyeh in south Lebanon. Another person was killed in West Bekaa in a strike on Sohmor.

Other strikes targeted Jwaya, Kfarshouba, Kfarjoz, Kfartebnit, Taraya, Deir Kifa, Majdalzoun, al-Mansouri, al-Qatrani, Shehabiyeh, Qalaway, Kherbet Selem, Deir Qanoun, Mashghara, Srifa, al-Henniyeh, al-Ghandourieh, Shoukine, Habboush, Toura, Tyre and Nabatiyeh.

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Aoun: A return to the era of tutelages is unacceptable

President Joseph Aoun stressed Wednesday that "it is impossible to live outside the framework of the state, as experience has proven," warning that "anything else is a sin" against the country.

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Erdogan: Turkey's security begins from Aleppo, Damascus and Beirut

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Wednesday that Israel's attacks on Syria and Lebanon have started to represent a threat to Turkey.

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At least 16 killed in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon

Israeli strikes targeted Wednesday the southern city of Tyre and other towns and villages in south Lebanon including Tayrdebba, Nsariyeh, al-Majadel, Srifa, Bazourieh, Deir Qanoun, Kfar Remman, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfardounine, Ghassaniyeh and Bnaafoul.

The Israeli army targeted a car in Dweir and issued evacuation orders for Ghassaniyeh, Houmine al-Fawqa, and Nsariyeh.

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Issa says US to present written proposal to Berri

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa revealed Tuesday that Washington will present a written paper to Speaker Nabih Berri regarding the so-called pilot zones in south Lebanon, where the Lebanese Army would take control from Israel's occupying forces.

"He told me that he would then accept the pilot zones," Issa said in an interview with MTV.

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