The Israeli military said Tuesday its soldiers struck a "cell of armed terrorists" in southern Lebanon, the first fighting it has reported since Saturday evening.

"A short while ago, the IDF identified a cell of armed terrorists operating in close proximity to IDF soldiers in the security zone in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area," the military said.

Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, affirmed Tuesday that the resumption of negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program is contingent upon the implementation of five points outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Israeli machinegun fire killed two people and wounded a third on Tuesday in southern Lebanon, state media reported, despite a reduction in hostilities there following the declaration of a new ceasefire.

Two young men were killed and a third was injured when Israeli forces opened machine-gun fire toward them in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, the National News Agency reported. The victims were standing near an excavator and an Islamic Health Commity team that was working to clear roads and retrieve bodies in the Deir neighborhood.

After a first round of U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland on ending the Middle East war, mediators Pakistan and Qatar said on Monday that Tehran and Washington had agreed to set up a "de-confliction cell" with Lebanon "to ensure the adherence of the termination of military operations" there.

Under U.S. pressure, Lebanese officials began direct talks with Israel in April in Washington, and a fifth round of negotiations is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

Israel is considering announcing “symbolic” withdrawals from occupied territory in southern Lebanon as part of upcoming talks, according to an Israeli source familiar with the matter.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized Monday that Israeli troops occupying parts of south Lebanon still enjoyed "freedom of action" despite a ceasefire that has been holding for two days.

Direct damage to buildings in south Lebanon in the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah is estimated at around $1.38 billion, a U.N. agency and a Lebanese research center said Monday.

President Joseph Aoun stressed Monday that Lebanon would negotiate for itself regarding the conflict with Israel.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Monday that “very good progress” was made on a “deconfliction mechanism” between Israel and Hezbollah during talks with Iran in Burgenstock yesterday.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea urged on Monday U.S. Vice President JD Vance to support the Lebanese state and separate the Lebanese negotiations from the U.S.-Iran talks.

Geagea argued that the best way the U.S. can support Lebanon right now is by reinforcing its legitimate institutions as the country's sole authority. He called for restricting all negotiations exclusively to the Lebanese state and permanently sidelining Iran from the Lebanese file, after the U.S. and Iran agreed to set up a "de-confliction cell" with Lebanon "to ensure the adherence of the termination of military operations" there.