Israeli artillery shelled Thursday a region between Mayfadoun and Zawtar al-Sahrqiyeh, the National News Agency said.

Overnight, Israeli forces carried out detonations in Deir Mimas and shelled Kfartebnit, Baraashit, Aita al-Jabal, and Marjaoun. Strikes also hit Kfartebnit, Wadi al Hujair and Baraashit.

German Federal Minister Reem Alabali Radovan met Thursday with President Joseph Aoun after she arrived in Lebanon for an official visit "to reaffirm Germany's solidarity with the Lebanese people and its continued commitment to the country’s stability."

The German Embassy in Beirut said the visit focuses on strengthening Lebanon’s state institutions and addressing the needs of internally displaced people, including the restoration of basic services in war-affected areas.

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Wednesday the Iran-backed Lebanese movement was not concerned with the results of Israel's election, vowing to continue its resistance against it no matter who wins.

With 85 percent of ballots counted, the right-wing bloc of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a slight lead over the main opposition bloc, but was still short of a majority after Tuesday's election.

The four ministers representing the Lebanese Forces will not attend the cabinet session scheduled for Thursday, MTV reported.

“This decision comes after sensing intentional procrastination in referring the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case to the Judicial Council, as well as the lack of responsiveness from public administrations in the Lebanese state to the repeated requests of the Minister of Energy regarding the settlement of their dues owed to Électricité du Liban (EDL),” the TV network said.

President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam have not received any “official guarantees” from Hezbollah regarding not engaging in a new war in support of Iran, an official source said.

Speaker Nabih Berri also has not received “any pledge of this kind," the source told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.

President Joseph Aoun called on Wednesday for dialogue and moderation to resolve the country's crises and said only diplomatic negotiations can achieve sustainable peace.

"Lebanon's problems cannot be solved except by adopting the language of moderation and dialogue, away from confrontation," Aoun said, before stating later in the day that "there are no safe or sustainable solutions through war."

Bilal Erdoğan, the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will visit Lebanon in mid-November, al-Akhbar newspaper quoted sources as saying.

While the visit’s agenda will be primarily humanitarian and social, the trip carries “strategic motives that extend far beyond charitable work,” the daily said.

Israeli artillery shelled Wednesday Majdalzoun, al-Mansouri, Kounine, Baraashit and Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, after forces carried out detonations overnight in the southern border towns of Khiam, Tallousa and Bani Hayyan.

Anxious Israelis were meanwhile watching election results take shape after the highest turnout in over a quarter-century.

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat told L'Orient-Le Jour that neither the Lebanese Parliament nor the Cabinet was consulted before the signing of a tripartite framework deal with Israel.

"I have the right to express my opinion," he said, in an interview on Tuesday.

The Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces has identified three young men from Hezbollah who were escorting the Dahr al-Baidar explosives shipment aboard a Kia vehicle, MTV reported.

According to the report, the three men fled toward Beirut after the explosives vehicle was intercepted at the Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint.