A Yemeni man has been arrested in Lebanon on charges of spying for Israel, Lebanese media reports said.

The Lebanese Army sent reinforcements Tuesday to the southern town of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr to pursue a number of suspects accused of attacking a UNIFIL patrol in the town earlier in the day, the state-run National News Agency said.

Israeli media reports said that Hezbollah has ramped up its domestic production of explosive-laden UAVs and attack or reconnaissance drones as an easier and cheaper alternative to precision missiles and rockets.
Israeli news portal ynet said Tuesday that Hezbollah has drawn tactical inspiration from the effectiveness of drones in Ukraine as it aims for greater self-sufficiency and less reliance on Iran.

Western and United Nations diplomats dismissed as rumors claims that the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was pulling out of the country, Saudi Arabia’s Asharq al-Awsat newspaper has reported.

President Joseph Aoun arrived Tuesday in Jordan where he will meet with king Abdullah II.
Two official Lebanese and Jordanian delegations will also meet to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries and regional developments.

U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack will soon visit Beirut to meet with Lebanese officials, local media reports said.
U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus is reportedly leaving her position and her replacement has not yet been announced.

French special envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian met Tuesday with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.
Berri urged Paris to "help Lebanon confront the conspiracy that is being plotted against UNIFIL, Lebanon and its south," hours after United Nations peacekeepers said rock-throwing individuals confronted them during a patrol on Tuesday in south Lebanon.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday said the continued attacks on its troops are “unacceptable,” after a patrol was attacked by residents and a peacekeeper was slapped near the southern town of al-Hallousiyeh.
Noting that the patrol had been coordinated with the Lebanese Army, UNIFIL stressed that freedom of movement is an essential condition for UNIFIL’s mandate and added that it has the right to move with or without Lebanese Army troops.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Tuesday that “the time has come to build the state,” describing it as his government’s “top mission.”

An Israeli strike killed a Lebanese father and son Tuesday in a southern village, the Lebanese health ministry and state media said, the latest deaths despite a November ceasefire.
A second son was also wounded in the strike in Shebaa, the state-run National News Agency reported. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
