Israeli artillery shelled Friday Mayfadoun, Wadi al-Hujair, Kfarshouba and Hadatha in south Lebanon while forces set houses ablaze in al-Qantara, the National News Agency said.

Later in the day, Israeli forces carried out detonations in al-Teereh and Shebaa.

The Internal Security Forces announced Friday the arrest of a suspect in the murder of Father Samir Daou in the Jbeil district.

“The investigation is ongoing under the supervision of the competent judiciary,” ISF added.

Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel demanded on Friday the referral of Hezbollah's explosives case to the Judicial Council, urging the President and Prime Minister not to yield to any threats or blackmail.

"Any threat to civil peace is a threat to the state itself," Gemayel said.

Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Claude Ghanem has charged 13 individuals in the case of the Hezbollah explosives truck that was stopped in Dahr al-Baidar, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

MTV identified some of the individuals as Hezbollah members Haytham Amhaz and Ali al-Kurdi, who are in custody, in addition to Hezbollah security officials Ibrahim Habib (nicknamed Sajid) and Bilal Sabouri (nicknamed Zulfiqar). It identified another four as Mohammad Ayoub, Mohammad Zoaiter (who was in a car escorting Amhaz and al-Kurdi's truck), Mohammad Hazimeh (the vehicle’s owner), and Iryna Kryshynova, who is Amhaz's wife.

The statement issued by Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Wednesday "constitutes a flagrant departure from the collective national will, a further persistence in imposing a fait accompli, and a continuation of adventures that have brought Lebanon nothing but destruction, displacement and collapse,” a senior political source said.

In remarks to the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper, the source accused Qassem of insisting on “placing decisions of war and peace, as well as the conditions of national sovereignty, outside state institutions and the will of the Lebanese people, as if the country were the property of a single faction deciding its fate and the future of its citizens."

Weapons and explosives have been seized by General Security in the northern city of Tripoli.

“As part of proactive security efforts and under the supervision of the competent judiciary, the General Directorate of General Security executed a series of raids in the city of Tripoli. These operations resulted in the seizure of quantities of explosives ... and detonators used in manufacturing improvised explosive devices (IEDs), alongside large quantities of military weapons, ammunition and grenades,” General Security said in a statement.

Speaker Berri warned Thursday of the danger of ending UNIFIL's mission before Resolution 1701 is fully implemented and Israeli forces completely withdraw from southern Lebanon.

During a meeting with visiting German Federal Minister Reem Alabali Radovan, Berri emphasized the need to strengthen Lebanon's partnership with Germany and the European Union.

President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that Lebanon remains committed to diplomacy but noted that the country's core demands in negotiations with Israel have not yet been met.

Aoun told a visiting German minister that he believes that only diplomacy can resolve conflicts as wars failed to achieve their intended goals. "Lasting stability cannot be attained through military force alone."

Israeli artillery shelled Thursday a region between Mayfadoun and Zawtar al-Sahrqiyeh, the National News Agency said.

Overnight, Israeli forces carried out detonations in Deir Mimas and shelled Kfartebnit, Baraashit, Aita al-Jabal, and Marjaoun. Strikes also hit Kfartebnit, Wadi al Hujair and Baraashit.

German Federal Minister Reem Alabali Radovan met Thursday with President Joseph Aoun after she arrived in Lebanon for an official visit "to reaffirm Germany's solidarity with the Lebanese people and its continued commitment to the country’s stability."

The German Embassy in Beirut said the visit focuses on strengthening Lebanon’s state institutions and addressing the needs of internally displaced people, including the restoration of basic services in war-affected areas.