Minister of Energy and Water Joe Saddi has seriously started to consider resigning from the government because the cabinet majority is “dumping the crisis on him and does not want to pursue a genuine, effective solution” for the electricity file, informed sources said.

Asked by MTV about the possibility of Saddi’s resignation, MP Melhem Riachi of the Lebanese Forces said: "If they continue to obstruct his simple requests and do not do what he wants, then yes, he will not remain in the government."

The European Union has received an official request from Lebanon to deploy a European security mission on its territory and the EU foreign ministers will approve the deployment of this mission on Monday, a European diplomat said.

The source told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel that the security mission will comprise more than 100 military personnel, with participation from France, Spain and Italy, and that its initial units are scheduled to arrive in Beirut by the end of this year.

A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is being bankrolled and protected by the U.S. and Lebanese authorities, a BBC investigation has found.

Bassam al-Hassan, who oversaw Syria's chemical weapons program and was a senior adviser to former President Bashar al-Assad, is being harbored in Lebanon following the Assad regime's collapse in 2024, the BBC said.

Lebanon “cannot abandon the negotiation track, even if current circumstances do not allow for expectations of a major shift in Israel's stance,” a visitor to the Presidential Palace quoted President Joseph Aoun as saying, in remarks published Friday by al-Akhbar newspaper.

“We all know that we will have to wait for the post-election phase in both Israel and the United States, especially since all American officials are focusing their efforts on internal election matters and the file of the war with Iran. No pressure from the U.S. administration on Israel is expected at this stage,” Aoun reportedly added.

No official date has been set yet for the Lebanese-Israeli military negotiations in Tampa, Florida, al-Joumhouria newspaper said Friday.

"Lebanon has not been officially notified of the negotiations' date," a prominent political source told the daily.

An Israeli strike targeted at dawn the outskirts of Kfartebnit in south Lebanon, while artillery shelled overnight into Friday al-Mansouri, Wadi Zebqine, Hadatha, Baraashit, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Harees, Beit Yahoun, Wadi Slouqi and Mays al-Jabal.

Israeli forces carried out detonations overnight in the southern border towns of kfarkela, Taybeh and Khiam.

Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc has urged the Lebanese government to "fulfill its duties toward the people" and take practical steps to alleviate the impact of the occupation on them.

The bloc accused the state of folkloric displays and provocative statements and vowed that it would soon provide shelter aid to the displaced.

The Israeli army said Thursday that one soldier was killed and three others were slightly wounded when their vehicle overturned in south Lebanon, where the military has occupied a band of territory since invading in March in response to Hezbollah attacks.

"Captain Eliav Haim Tzapalamus, aged 21, from Haifa, a combat officer in the 603rd Battalion, 7th Brigade, fell in combat in southern Lebanon," the army said.

There will be no Israeli escalation in south Lebanon in the coming period, a media report said.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Thursday delivered a speech to the Lebanese people from the Grand Serail, addressing the current economic situation and the challenges facing citizens amid rising prices and living burdens.

Salam began his address by acknowledging the burdens borne by citizens, particularly the increase in private electricity generator bills over the past two months, as well as the pressures imposed by rising fuel prices that force some families to choose between securing fuel and meeting other household needs.