Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Monday denied remarks attributed to him about Hezbollah and the possibility of peace between Lebanon and Israel.

Cabinet on Monday approved the diplomatic appointments and tackled an agenda of 49 items and other emergency issues, including the situations after the eruption of the Israeli-Iranian war.

A beekeeper was killed Monday when an Israeli drone bombed the southern border town of Houla, TV networks said.

Al-Jadeed TV said the slain person was beekeeping when he was targeted.

A first Romanian plane carrying Lebanese citizens who were stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh due to the Israel-Iran war arrived Monday morning at the Rafik Hariri International Airport.

President Joseph Aoun on Monday discussed with Ousmane Dione, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, and Jean-Christophe Carré, World Bank Regional Director, projects previously approved by the World Bank's Board of Directors and are still awaiting parliamentary approval.

President Joseph Aoun received a phone call Saturday evening from French President Emmanuel Macron during which they discussed “the rapid developments after the escalation of the Iranian-Israeli confrontations,” the Presidency said.

Hezbollah has long been considered Iran's first line of defense in case of a war with Israel. But since Israel launched its massive barrage against Iran this week, the Lebanese group has stayed out of the fray.

A network of powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq has also remained mostly quiet — even though Israel used Iraq's airspace, in part, to carry out the attacks.

The warnings received by Lebanon with the start of the Israel-Iran conflict were not only passed on to Hezbollah but also to the Palestinian factions allied with it, especially Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, informed sources said.

“Their leaderships were unequivocally told that any military action from the Lebanese south, whether through rockets or any move of military nature, would be faced by a very firm and unprecedented Lebanese stance that includes taking totally unexpected political and security decisions,” the sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper in remarks published Saturday.

President Joseph Aoun on Saturday convened a security meeting to discuss the latest developments in light of the major escalation between Israel and Iran.

Lebanon reopened its airspace on Saturday morning, hours after closing it due to the exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport apologized to passengers whose flights were delayed, saying it had closed the airspace late Friday for the safety of travelers.