An Israeli strike on the southern border town of Aita al-Shaab killed two people and injured one Friday, the National News Agency said, while another strike on Kfarkela injured one person.

One Israeli soldier and three Lebanese civilians were earlier wounded in overnight cross-border fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea has held Hezbollah responsible for the losses resulting from its cross-border conflict with Israel.

Two years ago, on 7 April 2022, Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed on a program of actions and reforms.

Its implementation would have unlocked over $3 billion in assistance, additional support from donors, put Lebanon back on the path of economic recovery and restored its international credibility.

Hezbollah targeted Thursday a command center in Liman as Israeli warplanes struck the southern border towns of Yaroun and Ainata.

Hezbollah later attacked groups of soldiers near the Jal al-Alam post.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has praised the resistance of Hamas and the Palestinians in a recorded televised speech during an early celebration of Quds day.

Nasrallah said that some are focusing on the losses and ignoring the resistance's achievements.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday stressed that Lebanon is seeking “real peace” and “the peace of humanitarian justice.”

In the context of the designation of Tripoli as the Arab Capital of Culture in 2024, and the enlisting of the Tripoli Fair as World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO in 2023, the Embassy of Brazil in Beirut, Instituto Guimarães Rosa Beirut and Marsah invite you to the opening of the exhibition "Tripoli Fair: The Way I See It" Art Prize - Selected Works on April 12 from 6 to 9 pm at the Marsah space located behind the Municipality of El Mina in Tripoli.

The exhibition brings the 20 best artworks selected by the "Tripoli Fair: The Way I See It" Art Prize, promoted by the Embassy of Brazil in 2023 to raise awareness about the importance of conserving and thinking about the future of the fair, one of the most important modernist projects in the Arab World, designed by renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Marada Movement chief and presidential candidate Suleiman Franjieh will visit the French capital Paris on Thursday, media reports said.

At the end of a home front exercise in the Haifa region, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that an Israeli war against Lebanon would be disastrous not only for Hezbollah but also for Lebanon.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has defended his "integrity" and "transparent" assets, following a complaint filed in France accusing him of money laundering and other offences.

Two associations filed a complaint against Mikati with France's financial prosecutor's office, accusing him of fraudulently building up assets in France and other countries, a source close to the case told AFP on Wednesday.