In Beddawi Camp, North Lebanon, Ghazal walks into her new classroom with a big smile. "It’s bright. We have a nice playground," says the 5th grader. "I’m happy to be here every day."

The 10-year-old’s joy is shared by hundreds of children in the camp benefiting from improved schools, as well as thousands of refugees across Palestine Refugee Camps who now have safer infrastructure and better access to clean water.

Israeli warplanes on Monday carried out three airstrikes on the Sraj area in the outskirts of the Baalbek district town of Brital, the state-run National News Agency said.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said “the region has grown tired of Iranian-U.S. polarization,” hoping Arabs will return to Lebanon.

There is an available chance to reactivate the file of the release of Lebanese captives held by Israel in conjunction with the expected release of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped by Iraq in 2023 by the Iran-backed Ketaeb Hezbollah group, which is not linked to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Western diplomatic sources said.

This week is supposed to be “decisive” regarding the file of weapons inside Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps, ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Monday.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Monday that Lebanon will return to the Arab fold and is seeking investments from Arab countries.

"There has been a clear decision about Lebanon's return to the Arab world," Salam said, adding that he hopes that this step would pave the way for more partnerships and quality investments.

Two people were injured in overnight strikes on the southern towns of Beit Leef and Majdalzoun, the Health Ministry said Monday.

The overnight strikes targeted two motorcycles, one in Tyre's Majdalzoun and the other in Beit Leef in the district of Bint Jbeil.

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said that Hezbollah’s “resistance” will continue “because it is the choice of the people and those who believe in it.”

The disarmament of the first Palestinian camps in Lebanon will begin in mid-June in three Beirut camps, President Joseph Aoun confirmed Monday.

A joint Lebanese-Palestinian committee met for the first time last week following an accord between Lebanese and Palestinian leaders on disarming Palestinian camps as Lebanon seeks to impose its authority on all its territory.

The Lebanese Army said it has taken into custody a suspect in last year's killing of a Lebanese Forces official, with help from Syria's new authorities, in a case that sparked public outrage.

Pascal Sleiman, an LF coordinator in the Jbeil area, was abducted and killed in April 2024.