Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday ordered the armed forces to oppose any Israeli incursions in the country's south following an Israeli raid that killed a municipal worker.

Aoun ordered the army to "confront any Israeli incursion into liberated southern territory, in defense of Lebanese territory and the safety of citizens", during a meeting with the army chief, according to a statement from the presidency.

Israeli troops killed a Lebanese municipal worker on Thursday during a raid on a border village in the south, state media reported.

The incident in the town of Blida sparked condemnation by Lebanese officials and a protest by residents.

Cabinet on Wednesday tasked a specialized ministerial committee with submitting, within a week, a report about the electoral law amendments that have been suggested by the foreign and interior ministries.

The aforementioned compromise convinced the Lebanese Forces’ ministers not to walk out of the session, Al-Jadeed TV said.

U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus has proposed in her meetings with Lebanese leaders to involve civilians in indirect negotiations between Lebanon and Israel through the ceasefire monitoring committee, media reports said.

President Joseph Aoun welcomed the idea, a report published Wednesday in Nidaa al-Watan newspaper claimed. The civilians would be high-level officials such as ministers or diplomatic representatives of Lebanon and Israel.

The U.S.-led ceasefire monitoring committee, known as the Mechanism, met Wednesday in Naqoura to “review the Lebanese Armed Forces’ (LAF) progress on maintaining the cessation of hostilities arrangements, and the advancing of disarmament efforts in Lebanon,” the U.S. embassy said.

“The session, hosted by UNIFIL, included Lt. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, chairman of the Mechanism, Counselor Morgan Ortagus, and senior representatives from each of the delegations. All members reaffirmed their shared commitment to stability in Lebanon and agreed to a more structured meeting occurrence, announcing that the 13th through 16th iterations of the Pentalateral will occur prior to the end of the year,” the embassy said in a statement.

U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus and Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad did not relay “direct threats” to Lebanese officials but rather “advices and veiled diplomatic warnings,” al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Rashad, who played a key role in reaching the Gaza truce, explained to President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam the efforts that have been exerted regarding Gaza, expressing Egyptian readiness to play an essential role in the Lebanese crisis, informed sources told the daily.

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit has held talks in Baabda with President Joseph Aoun.

“The meeting with the president involved an analysis of the regional, international and Lebanese situations and I sensed that President Aoun is confident that things in Lebanon are going in the right direction. He also has confidence in the country’s future,” Abul Gheit said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is confident that "there will be no war" on Lebanon.

He told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Wednesday, that he is not worried about the possibility of an Israeli all-out war against Lebanon. "There won't be a war, the atmosphere is positive, and I'm reassured at this stage," he said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri considered that the boycott of a legislative session on Tuesday was not an achievement but an "illusion of victory" as the laws that were to be discussed in the session were not "for his personal interest" but for the public benefit.

"If they don't want to pass the laws, then so much the worse for them," the Speaker told local al-Joumhouria newspaper.

If the Lebanese government fails to disarm Hezbollah, there will be no escape from carrying out a focused and targeted operation against the group's sites, Israel Hayom said Tuesday, quoting officials.

The Israeli daily estimated that Hezbollah possesses "only about 10,000 rockets", compared to the approximately 120,000 it possessed on the eve of the last war.